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100 1 _aTalvio, Maila,
_d1871-1951
245 1 0 _aOpin sauna
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2025-06-05
508 _aJuhani Kärkkäinen and Tapio Riikonen
520 _a"Opin sauna" by Maila Talvio is a collection of stories written in the early 20th century. It likely weaves portraits of Finnish life—work, conscience, and community—using the sauna as a symbolic “school” of testing and renewal. The opening piece centers on the author Jaakko Tyrni, his self-willed daughter Ella, the irrepressible sauna-woman Annamar, and the ever-present friend Jouna as art, duty, and family ties pull at one another. The opening of the collection follows Jaakko Tyrni on a glittering winter morning as he revels in the prospect of paying off his last debt, dreams of writing freely, and debates genius, poverty, and the discipline of work. He sketches possible books, clings to the power of a good title, and warms to a bright, maternal figure for a future novel, while everyday life presses in: Christmas shopping lists, the beloved Annamar stoking the “learning” sauna, and the plan to meet his friend Jouna. A sleigh ride with Ella exposes their strained bond—he seizes the reins, she bolts in hurt pride, then returns—while memories of his great love Ellida and anxious thoughts about Ella’s solitude color his interior monologue. The scene widens to lively winter vignettes—birds, dogs, villagers, and hints of bootleg merriment—as he drifts between observation and invention on the way to town. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cPorvoo: WSOY, 1923
653 _aFinnish fiction -- 20th century
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76226
999 _c116951
_d116951