Aleksis Kivi (born Alexis Stenvall) was a Finnish author who wrote the first significant novel in the Finnish language, Seven Brothers (orig. Seitsemän veljestä). Although Kivi was among the very earliest authors of prose and lyrics in Finnish language, he is still considered one of the greatest of them all. Aleksis Kivi was born at /5(). In Aleksis Kivi. Kivi’s Seitsemän veljestä (; Seven Brothers), the first novel written in Finnish, tells the story of some freedom-loving village youths who take to the woods and live a life of adventure but gradually mature and finally accept the responsibilities of sober citizens in a farming community. It contains elements. Seven Brothers: WSOY publicity page Zeta publicity page Seven Brothers in the Sauna from Seven Brothers (warning! annoying Geocities site!) Seitsemän veljestä - Finnish text at Project Gutenberg Aleksis Kivi: Aleksis Kivi at books and writers Other books of interest under review: See Index of Scandinavian literatureAuthor: Aleksis Kivi.
The Finnish novel Seven Brothers by Aleksis Kivi observes the growth of seven brothers, and the journeys that bring their maturation. The brothers are all very different, and they mature together but in their own unique ways, and the novel addresses some features of maturation. Seven Brothers. Next to Kalevala, the great Finnish Epic poetry, Aleksis Kivi's Seven Brothers is the best-known and most revered work of Finnish literature. Impola, the translator, compares Seven Brothers to Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn where the basic theme is also flight from civilization. Seitsemän veljestä (The Brothers Seven), the Finnish novel by Aleksis Kivi (), is one of the most (in) famously unknown classics of world literature unknown not only because so few people in the world can read Finnish, but also because the novel is so incredibly difficult to translate, the Mount Everest of translating from.
Seven Brothers: Author: Aleksis Kivi: Genre: Novel: Written: (Eng. ) Length: pages: Original in: Finnish: Availability: Seven Brothers - US: Seven Brothers - UK: Seven Brothers - Canada: Les sept frères - France: Die sieben Brüder - Deutschland. The story of the seven brothers coming of age and their struggle for survival can be seen as a metaphor for Finland's own. The brothers – Juahni, Tuomas, Aapo, Simeoni, Timo, Lauri and Eero. Seven brothers by Aleksis Kivi Download PDF EPUB FB2. I read Seven Brothers by Finnish author Aleksis Kivi, written in and translated by Richard A. Impola. I chose this book because it was written by a man who represents my heritage and who was known as a significant writer of his time and of my historic culture/5.
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