house of orphans, by helen dunmore
2006.02.20 - 21:02
a british author who just published a book titled ‘house of orphans’.
obviously the story is set in Finland.
she lived in finland in her 20’s (now she’s 50 something) teaching
english for two years. excerpts of her description of finland from
guardian:
“brief, astonishingly beautiful baltic summers, and sombre baltic
winters. the world becomes completely frozen and shut up. people’s
faces seem blank, till in spring they grow more expressive”
“even city-centered people want to return to nature. summer cottages
aren’t only for the rich, and people have the right to roam, to pick
berries and gather mushrooms. that closeness to the natural world is
very precious.”
well described.