by Arto Paasilinna · Folio · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070458646
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«La douce empoisonneuse» is the humorous novel by Finnish writer Arto Paasilinna, published by Folio in paperback (256 pages, in French).
Linnea, a peaceful widow living near Helsinki tending violets and her cat, sees her nephew and two accomplices visit her every month to steal her pension. When they demand a will in their favor, the woman resolves to end it all by preparing a poison. She soon discovers the task is more stimulating than knitting, and her plan leads to a series of comic entanglements.
Translated from Finnish by Anne Colin du Terrail; its original title is «Suloinen myrkynkeittäjä» (1988). Volume 3830 of the Folio collection.
For readers of black comedy and absurd situations; an atypical heroine and Paasilinna's characteristic humor.
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".
