Her debut Lempi (2016), was a critical and commercial success and received numerous awards. It was awarded the Torch-Bearer Prize and the Bonnier’s Grand Journalism Prize in 2019, also nominated for the Lapland Literature Prize. Rytisalon jälkisanoista: 'Minna Canth istui pöydän ääressä Minna Rytisaloa vastapäätä ja antoi Rytisalon tehdä tekstiin omat valintansa.

C is Minna Rytisalo’s second novel – and bestseller #2 in Finland. Hyvää Minna Cantin päivää Minna Rytisalo on kirjoittanut mielenkiintoisen ja palkintoja saaneen kirjan Rouva C. Even in a different century the question remains the same: where do you draw your boundaries? C is a powerful and subtle novel, a love story and a story about friendship. fiction historical emotional informative reflective medium-paced. And she becomes a writer everyone knows a hundred years later: Minna Canth, the first notable female author, journalist, entrepreneur, prominent figure in society. kuvaa erään avioliiton tarinan ja näyttää, millaisista silmuista puhkeaa se Minna Canth, jonka me tunnemme: esikuva, taistelija, patsas. The daughter of a maid and a cotton merchant marries her teacher and ends up pregnant, time and again. Inside her there’s a force looking for a way out, growing in size and wreaking havoc, questioning the laws of nature and at times pulling her deep into melancholy. In her kitchen the cakes come out either burnt to a crisp or uncooked, and what satisfies others is not enough for her. Inside the wife a storm is ravaging trees, unable to calm down. Minna Canth Day is celebrated annually on her birthday, March 19. Reading material: Finnish original, English sampleĪt the bottom of a hillside stands a grey house with eight bedrooms, six children, a schoolmaster and his wife. Minna Canth (184497) is one of Finland’s most influential writers. “Maybe that’s what a marriage is, Minna thought, quickly put together in two words but with a slow growth.”

Rouva C. by Minna Rytisalo