“In the beginning there were the swamp, the hoe – and Jussi.”
Väinö Linna Under the North Star
Opening words.
Under the North Star
Quotes from workUnder the North Star
Väinö LinnaOriginal title Täällä Pohjantähden alla (Finnish, 1959)
Under the North Star is a trilogy published between 1959–1962 by Finnish author Väinö Linna. The novel follows the life of a Finnish family from 1880, through the First World War, the Finnish Civil War and the Second World War, to about 1950. Through the lives of ordinary people, it describes the clash of ideals in Finland's language strife and the struggle between the Whites and the Reds in the movement to Independence and Civil War.
