by Arto Paasilinna · Lübbe · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783404921348
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«Der Sommer der lachenden Kühe» is the humor novel by Arto Paasilinna, published by Lübbe in paperback (223 pages, in German).
Tavetti Rytkönen, a former tank sergeant, wanders through Helsinki until taxi driver Seppo picks him up. Asked where to go, he replies: «doesn't matter, straight ahead». Thus begins a wild journey through the Finnish lake district: they wreck a farm, chase cows and surprise a dozen French women during a survival course.
The original novel was published in 1991 under the title «Elämä lyhyt, Rytkönen pitkä»; this German edition is from 2003.
Aimed at readers looking for absurd humor, eccentric characters and road stories.
Arto Tapio Paasilinna was a Finnish writer, being a former journalist turned comic novelist. One of Finland's most successful novelists, he won a broad readership outside of Finland in a way few other Finnish authors have before. Translated into 27 languages, over seven million copies of his books have been sold worldwide, and he has been claimed as "instrumental in generating the current level of interest in books from Finland".
