02174cam a22003013u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000310011324500340014426400510017830000470022933600260027633700260030233800360032850000310036450800190039552012950041453400660170965300350177585600430181099900190185378476UtSlPG20260610134823.0mcr n260607r20261921utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7afi2iso639-1 4aPH1 aLarin-Kyösti,d1873-194810aPilan pippuria ja ivan suolaa 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2026  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2026-04-17  aTapio Riikonen  aPilan pippuria ja ivan suolaa by Larin-Kyösti is a collection of satirical poems, epigrams, and brief fables written in the early 20th century. With brisk, rhymed pieces and pointed anecdotes, the book trains its barbed wit on society, the arts, public life, and everyday human folly.

It opens with a playful ars poetica about tending a “vineyard” of wit before unleashing a parade of character sketches: misers, layabouts, drunkards, pompous officials, self-important critics, salon versifiers, and swaggering “overmen.” The poet mocks pose and plagiarism, skewers bureaucracy and patronage, and jabs at the theater world and fickle audiences, while weaving in tart miniatures on love, jealousy, money, and fame. The closing “pilatarinoita” (joke-tales) shift into moral fable: a lion cowed by asses exposes mob cowardice; a devil and a shrew outdo each other in malice; a professor snubs a hungry young poet; a mayor is trapped by his own curfew; pranksters unmask a pastor; and a performer who imitates a pig is devoured by the crowd’s changing taste. Across city salons, taverns, and rural greens, the voice stays sharp, musical, and ironic, building a lively panorama of contemporary life seen through a satirist’s lens. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cJyväskylä: K. J. Gummerus Oy, 1921  aFinnish poetry -- 20th century40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78476  c119194d119194