
HÅVITTÅJÄ
SISÄLTÖ:
HULLUN PÄIVÄKIRJA
»K. H.
TURVAPAIKKA
VALLANKUMOUKSELLINEN
HÄVITTÄJÄ - I.
In a quiet dining room of a small Finnish town, an aging scholar sits alone, nursing a half‑filled cup of coffee while the world outside trembles with the echo of distant gunfire. A mysterious package arrives, containing a silk‑wrapped photograph, a ring with a red stone, and the torn pages of his youngest son’s diary—reminders of a life once shared and now shattered by war. As memories flood back, the old man is forced to confront the lingering ache of choices made and promises broken.
The narrative unfolds through the son’s candid entries, offering a stark contrast between the front‑line’s brutal reality and the father’s isolated anguish at home. Readers are drawn into a tense, introspective journey that balances the harshness of conflict with the fragile hope clinging to ink‑stained pages. With each turn, the story invites listeners to grapple with love, loss, and the unsettling question of what truth lies hidden beneath the surface of a seemingly ordinary life.
Language
fi
Duration
~1 hours (113K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
Kuopio: Savon Kansan Kirjapaino, 1921.
Credits
Tapio Riikonen
Release date
Aug 24, 2023
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1883–1937
A self-educated Finnish writer and journalist, he rose from a difficult working-class childhood to become one of the notable prose voices connected with the early labor movement in Finland. His life also crossed into politics, giving his work a strong sense of social reality.
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