Luvattu maa: Romaani [Finnish]

By Alvilde Prydz

A summer at Metsola sanatorium brings Thora Thammers face to face with the life she can no longer examine from a safe distance. Her troubled marriage, family responsibilities and lost youth press upon her, while the return of Samuel Stern, a former love, unsettles the boundary between duty and personal happiness. This psychological novel draws its tension from a woman's emotional and spiritual crisis, asking what trust, guilt and fidelity demand when suffering has altered the meaning of love. Beyond the sanatorium's social gatherings lies a mountain landscape charged with another order of experience. The upland heath, lake, river and rapids become more than scenery as walks, excursions and quiet encounters open space for questions that ordinary conversation cannot contain. Lyrical nature writing and close psychological interiority bring the outer and inner worlds into continual contact, while biblical imagery, recurring songs and poems, and symbolic plants and animals deepen the search for faith without reducing it to a simple answer. Against the spiritually resonant wilderness, sanatorium society appears superficial and sharply satirical. That contrast gives the marital crisis a wider frame: private longing is tested against responsibility, belief against doubt, and the desire for happiness against the claims of others. Intimate yet expansive, the narrative finds drama in conversation, reflection and the shifting significance of the natural world. This book was out of print for decades and is now republished by Alpha Editions. It has been restored for today's and future generations. This edition is not just a reprint - it's a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Finnish
• ISBN: 9378415814
• ISBN13: 9789378415814
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"