Erään miehen omatunto: Romaani

A forest caretaker named Constantin Gyllenmarck spends a quiet afternoon perched on a lichen‑covered blanket, watching the smoke from his pipe drift and dissolve in the cool air. Around him the woods hum with the low chatter of his six assistants, yet he feels a calm certainty in the rhythm of his own thoughts, the scent of pine resin and the distant buzz of summer insects. The landscape stretches out in endless ridges and mist‑shrouded swamps, each view turning into a living tableau that reminds him of distant farmlands and the solitary song of a mountain stream.

Beyond the trees, the great river Tunssa begins to swell, promising wealth and development for the region. Gyllenmarck sees the first signs of a massive corporation’s reach, bringing both opportunity and a looming threat to the pristine wilderness he loves. As the river’s waters gather strength, he is left to weigh his duty to the forest against the inevitable march of progress, a tension that will shape the days to come.