by Arto Paasilinna · Folio · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070404728
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«Prisonniers du paradis» is the humorous novel by Finnish author Arto Paasilinna, published by Folio in paperback (208 pages, in French).
A plane carrying midwives and lumberjacks makes an emergency landing near a deserted island, and its occupants reach the beach. The Finns distill alcohol and open the Café de la jungle; the Swedes, a family planning center. Life proves so pleasant that some don't want to return to civilization when an American ship approaches.
Original Finnish title: Paratiisisaaren vangit (1974). French edition published in 1998; translation by Antoine Chalvin.
For readers of Finnish humor and social satires about coexistence and civilization.
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".
