Bøger om Kärsämäkï

"Matti kom ikke til Ukkos begravelse, selv om forældrene sendte besked. Han kunne ikke håndtere at stå ansigt til ansigt med tabet i form af en kiste, en begravelse, forældrenes sorg, samfundets støtte til de efterladte. Og han turde ikke risikere at møde sine egne forældre, sin egen familie. Han ville stå der som repræsentant for synden sydfra, den synd, som havde slået hans bedste ven ihjel. De ville bebrejde ham. De ville væmmes ved synet af ham. Og ikke et eneste øjeblik ville de anerkende hans tilstedeværelse.""Nordland" er en fortælling om Matti fra Kärsämäki i Nordøsterbotten i Finland. Et isoleret sted med et enkelt busstoppested på ruten mellem Oulu og Helsinki og et pitstop for de bilister, som skal have tanket bilen på vejen til eller fra ferien i Lapland. Her har en særligt konservativ kristen trosretning, Læstadianisme, stået stærkt siden midten af 1800tallet, og Matti er født ind i en af dens menigheder. Men verden forandrer sig, og det gør mennesker også. Måske."Nordland" er baseret på inspiration fra lokale kilder fra Kärsämäki, områdets natur, historie og folklore og så selvfølgelig fra Kalevala, Finlands nationalepos. "Nordland" er 6. selvstændige bind i forfatterens serie "Moderne Nordiske Folkefortællinger".

"Matti did not come to Ukko's funeral, although his parents sent a message about it. He could not cope with facing the loss in the form of a coffin, a funeral, the grief of the parents, the support of society for the bereaved. And he did not dare to risk meeting his own parents, his own family. He would stand there as a representative of sin from the south, the sin that had killed his best friend. They would blame him. They would be disgusted at the sight of him. And not for a single moment would they acknowledge his presence.""Northland" is a story about Matti from Kärsämäki in North Ostrobothnia, Finland. An isolated place with a single bus stop on the route between Oulu and Helsinki and a pit stop for drivers who need to refuel on the way to or from their holiday in Lapland. Here, a particularly conservative Christian denomination, Laestadianism, has been strong since the mid-1800s, and Matti was born into one of its congregations. But the world is changing, and so are people. Maybe."Northland" is based on inspiration from local sources from Kärsämäki, the area's nature, history and folklore and of course from Kalevala, Finland's national epic. "Northland" is the 6th independent story in the series Modern Nordic Folk Tales. Storytelling for adults.