The Thirty Years' War
By turns ironic and uproarious, The Thirty Years' War is about a soldier who carried on World War II by himself, years after it officially ended. In satirizing war and the making of a?war hero, the controversial Finland-Swedish writer Henrik Tikkanen gives many a nod to American culture and the American military. His comic novel, reminiscent of the best writing of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., is now available in English, ten years after its original publication in Finland. The twenty drawings are by Tikkanen, a noted artist and caricaturist as well as author. The Thirty Years' War was translated into English by George and Lone Thygesen Blecher, who were named Translators of the Year in 1984 by the American Library Association. The afterword is by George C. Schoolfield, chairman of the Department of Germanic Languages at Yale University, and an authority on Scandinavian literature.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0803294077
ISBN13:9780803294073
Release Date:February 1987
Publisher:University of Nebraska Press
Length:158 Pages
Weight:0.45 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.1" x 8.5"
Customer Reviews
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Good satirical fiction.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
Henrik Tikkanen's most popular novel was inspired by the story of a Japanese soldier who kept fighting years after World War II ended. This satirical Finnish version features a Finnish soldier who never learns that the Winter War is over, and remains in his Karelian outpost for 30 years. The focus is on satire of Finnish politics, written from a left-wing perspective.
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