The Time of the Continuation War

Jatkosodan aika

Aleksis Kivi Foundation Prize 2017

Eeva Kilpi’s autobiographical series, which began from the time of the Winter War, moves from the depths of the inter-war peace to the great upheavals and changes of the Continuation War. Eeva Kilpi gives a poignant account of what it is like for a child to grow up in an atmosphere of constant farewells. The war rapidly transformed the children into miniature adults, destroying much of their joy, courage and enthusiasm. Eeva Kilpi points out that she “grew up from the age of 11 to 17 during those years. That part of me is still dysfunctional, disconnected, broken, scarred, dying.”

The autobiographical trilogy consisting of The Time of the Winter War (1989), Interim Peace, Time of Longing (1990) and The Time of the Continuation War (1993), won Eeva Kilpi the prestigious Aleksis Kivi Foundation Prize for ‘a socially significant life’s work’ in 2017.

Previously published in

Danish
Dutch
Swedish
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Material

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

Trilogy