Parson's Widow Pa

After the publication of The Parson's Widow, Finnish critics hailed it as a masterpiece, her finest literary achievement. This is the first opportunity for readers of English to become acquainted with some unforgettable characters: the eccentric widow of a country parson, her maid Alma, and other inhabitants of a rural village. Readers will discover the passions that lie beneath the villagers' reserve and formality, and which from time to time break through the polite surface with devastating results. The two women at the center of this book are marvelous storytellers, though they often argue bitterly about whose version of events is correct. As they reveal, sometimes with boistrous humor, the painful moments of their relationships with the women and men in their lives, we begin to see how much the world of this remote Finnish village resembles our own.

Marja-Liisa Vartio (1924-1966) is a major Finnish author who wrote lyric poetry, short stories, radio plays, and five novels. She became a central literary figure who helped renew prose writing in 1950s Finland with modernist symbolism and a daring use of time and points of view. Vartio's novels continue to be reissued in Finland, where some have been adapted for the stage.

Her work has also been translated into many languages, although The Parson's Widow is her first book to appear in English.

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