Kreisland: romaani

by Rosa Liksom

Vuonna 1996 ilmestynyt Kreisland on Rosa Liksomin ensimmäinen romaani. Teos on ilmestynyt myös saksaksi ja tanskaksi.

Kreisland on kertomus suuresta kertomuksesta ja siitä miten siinä sitten kävi. Kreisland on kertomus peräreikää tunkkaisemmasta paikkakunnasta, Uralille ulottuvasta Suur-Suomesta ja mahtavasta maailmasta, modernin projektista, jossa mennään metsästä kaupunkiin, korvesta keskuksiin, Moskovaan ja Pittsburgiin, ja jälleen metsään. Sinne, koska kaikki menee metsään. Ellei Kreisland olisi kertomus innostumisista, se voisi olla kertomus toisiaan seuraavista pettymyksistä. Tai päinvastoin. Kreisland on kertomus Juho Gabrielista ja Impi Agafiinasta, miehestä ja naisesta.

Genres: Finnish Literature, Fiction

323 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Rosa Liksom (born Anni Ylävaara, Ylitornio, 7 January 1958) is a Finnish writer and artist. She studied anthropology and social sciences at the universities of Helsinki, Copenhagen and Moscow. She won the J. H. Erkko Award in 1985 for her debut novel Yhden yön pysäkki and the Finlandia Prize in 2011 for Hytti nro 6.

Reviews

[Noora · Rating 2 out of 5]

From one of my favourites of last year (Compartment no. 6) to one of my least favourites of the year so far, Rosa Liksom's debut just didn't do it for me. It has many applaudable merits, such as a strong and active female character in a story focused on a typically very male-dominated spheres (i.e. war, politics, history) and vice versa a subdued and homely male character. Moreover, Liksom also manages to convincingly employ strongly dialectic speech as a means of bringing the characters to life as well as adding that extra layer of kookiness to the mix. However, my main issue with the novel was the structure of the story: the overall story arc felt like a Jenga tower that just kept rising and rising as the story progressed, but at the same time it became more and more unstable. You know what will happen in the end.

All in all, Liksom's debut might have been a tad too parodistic and postmodern for my tastes. The novel has many similarities with Compartment no. 6, especially after one of the main characters takes to Soviet Union, only this time the story doesn't stick together. Nevertheless, I'm sure it'll suit readers who enjoy the dark twisted tales that mix both realism and parody.

[Mikael Kuoppala · Rating 3 out of 5]

A wonderful, completely wacky story that carries the reader through time and across many corners of the world. Quirky, sharp and delightfully satirical, “Crazeland” is an example of good Finnish magical realism.

[Julia · Rating 1 out of 5]

It was sooo extremly boring :( That type of humor wasn't for me.

[Jan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Impi Agafiina

[Kerttu · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nyt ei napannut. Tuntui vaan että tarina ei etene ja kirja ei lopu. Joitain hauskoja kohtia löytyi ja Lapin murre oli ihana, mutta kaiken kaikkiaan aika tylsäksi jäi lukukokemus :(