Synninkantajat

Northern Ostrobothnia, the late 1970s. By the River lies the Village, where people live on the shore of time and eternity, for the Second Coming is near. By day Taisto talks to the birds and flowers in his garden; by night he builds a close spiritual ark for those who confess their sins and repent. Aliisa remembers a different time in the faith and questions the meetings held to correct believers, while her daughter Auroora struggles with a love that crosses a line. Ten-year-old Aaron, the apple of his grandparents’ eye, prays that no relative goes to hell, keeps secrets in his Notebook of Important Things and builds an Ark of his own.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

367 pages in the original

Genres

Family (assigned by AI)

Set in

Finland, late 1970s

First published

2018 by Gummerus

Author's age

41 when first published

ISBN

9789512408634 (original)