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Smoke rises from the factory chimney. In post-war Finland, it smells good.
Vilho and Elsa, moving to the factory town, have little to their name, but they trust that the company will take care of its own. The young couple, who found each other through wartime correspondence, sense a promise in the steam of the Toiviokoski paper mill. Here, they would build a family and a shared future.
But the wounds of war do not heal easily, and many are haunted by the lives they never got to live. There are young widows and hollowed-out men still mentally stuck on the front lines. Outwardly, the community appears united, but within, it is divided into social classes. Both the factory town and Vilho and Elsa must search for harmony.
Air of Hope is an intense portrayal of post-war Finland, a nation rebuilding itself, and an unquenchable thirst for life.
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“In his novel AIR OF HOPE, Mooses Mentula shows himself to be a clever storyteller who combines credible, vivid descriptions of milieus with exciting stories from the everyday lives of so-called “little people”. He captivates his readers with strong characters that are hard to forget.
By taking us back to the reconstruction years of the 20th century, he shows us the traces that war leaves on people. At the same time, he reminds us that there was a time when people looked to the future with confidence and hope. An important book that should also be made available to German readers!” —Svenja Frederike Bischoff, Weidle Verlag, Germany