Kulmuja 2: Kuvia elämän varrelta

audiobook

Kulmuja 2: Kuvia elämän varrelta

by Väinö Kataja

FI·~2 hours

Chapters

Description

A quiet voice guides listeners through a farmer’s memoir, where the rhythm of the fields and the bite of early frost become metaphors for a life slowly worn thin. The narrator describes two cherished plots—one on a southern slope bathed in warm summer light, the other nearer home, now bruised by relentless hoarfrost. Seasonal cycles are painted in vivid detail, from the hopeful sprouting of spring to the stark, silver‑glinting grasses of autumn, each image echoing the farmer’s own hopes and weariness.

The story then turns inward, recalling a brief return from the wider world and an encounter with a familiar companion named Pekka. Their walk through dimly lit streets awakens a storm of emotions, as love, loss, and lingering doubts surface beneath the calm of a September evening. Listeners are invited to share the narrator’s yearning—whether to tend the fields once more, to find solace in friendship, or simply to hold onto the fragile spark of hope that still flickers in the cold.

Details

Language

fi

Duration

~2 hours (135K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

2015-12-23

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

VK

Väinö Kataja

1867–1914

A Finnish storyteller from the far north, he wrote vivid, fast-moving novels and tales that brought the landscapes and everyday life of Peräpohjola to a wide readership. Though literary circles were slow to embrace him, readers clearly were not.

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