Tunnetko Heptameronen?
Miltei jokainen vähänkään vakavampi kirjallisuuden harrastaja tuntee Giovanni Boccaccion eroottisen klassikon Decameronen, jonka hän kynäili noin 1350. Mutta harva on…
Before the Novel: Marguerite de Navarre’s Heptameron
Almost every even moderately serious lover of literature knows Giovanni Boccaccio’s erotic classic The Decameron, which he wrote around 1350.…
Happier Than Western Pets? The Complex Reality of Vietnam’s Free-Roaming Dogs
A look at the shifting cultural status, the lingering shadow of the meat trade, and why local dogs remain cautious…
Do Animals think?
a personal experiment of a ten year old boy I grew up in Finland in a family where animals were…
Geisha of Gion (2002)
Mineko Iwasaki (b. 1949) was regarded in the 1970s as the most beautiful woman in Japan, and that is not…
Where Are the Dogs in Memoirs?
There is a dog in the picture. Not just any dog, but Panu, a Karelian Bear Dog, who was a…
Kafka and the Girl
The following story is told about the Czech writer Franz Kafka. Around 1922, Kafka was walking in a Berlin park…
Veganismin strategiat
Vallankumousten pahin vihollinen on kognitiivinen dissonanssi… Instan vegaaniryhmissä ja Facessa näkee aika usein postauksia, joissa tosivegaanit purkavat kiukkua lihansyöjiä ja…
The Bookshelf Is the Reader’s Portrait
Over the past week I have taken more than fifty plastic bags of books to the recycling center. Each time…
Missä ovat muistelmien koirat?
Kuvassa on koira. Ei mikä tahansa koira vaan karjalankarhukoira Panu, joka oli lapsuudessa minun perheeni jäsen noin kuuden vuoden ajan.…
Finland’s Forgotten Olympic Gold in Literature
When Finland’s Olympic medals are listed, one gold medal in literature is often forgotten. Finland won it at the Berlin…