Interim Peace – Time of Longing

Välirauha, ikävöinnin aika

Aleksis Kivi Foundation Prize 2017

In the second installment of her prizewinning autobiographical trilogy, Eeva Kilpi observes the situation of the Karelians, forcibly uprooted from their homes. She asks hard-hitting questions: what is it like when social systems crumble? When your human status and personal history vanish? How does the transient nature of life affect people’s morals and sense of self-worth?

The object of longing is the time that was lost, but also the loss of a physical place that one can call home, also symbolically.

Kilpi unveils previously untold truths about the war, and this is setting her apart from all other Finnish novels or works of non-fiction. Kilpi poignantly explores feelings of alienation and absence of personal history. These feelings can be aptly applied to the lives of any refugees today.

Previously published in

Danish
Dutch
Swedish
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Material

English sample translation (books 1-3)
Full Finnish pdf (books 1-3)

Trilogy