A Hotel for the Living
By
Olli Jalonen
Raisa and Kalervo are doing research at a university and competition is tough.
Raisa is determined, efficient and ambitious, she cannot be slowed down by her three small children or her husband.
Kalervo is not as sure about his direction. He is a reclusive and self-conscious man without family, exploring the integrity of living and doing.
A Hotel for the Living is a novel about selfishness and indifference, trying and doing, exploiting other people and so-called helping; about the game and the spirit of the game.
About the author
Olli Jalonen (b. 1954) is one of Finland’s most respected authors. Since 1978, he has written over 15 works of fiction, some non-fiction and a children’s fantasy novel. Jalonen has received several important literary prizes, including the Finlandia Prize, and he has been nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize three times. Jalonen has lived in Finland, Sweden and Ireland, working as a reporter, information officer and researcher. His extensive oeuvre also includes radio plays and scripts for screen and stage.“Jalonen is a master at building open places into a text. His stories breathe, and each page contains an expectation, of good or evil.”– Kouvolan Sanomat
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