by Arto Paasilinna · Editorial Anagrama · tapa dura · ISBN 9788433970305
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Gunnar Huttunen, the protagonist of this novel by Finnish author Arto Paasilinna, is a character who rejects normality and mediocrity. When he arrives in a village lost in Lapland and decides to buy and start up an old mill, the peasants take him for a madman. However, Gunnar is an extravagant man who enchants the young people with his imitations and circus acts, but he has a flaw: in moments of sadness, he howls. This behavior leads the peasants to lock him up in an asylum, but Gunnar will fight for his freedom with the help of Sanelma Kayramo. The novel combines humor and adventure, and reflects on the difficulty of distinguishing between sanity and madness.
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".
