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When they have to promote themselves. When an acquaintance says hello by kissing them on a cheek. When they owe a favour. When they wait for a bus in pouring rain, but there´s already someone under the pentice. When they run out of coffee. That´s when it happens. A finnish awkward moment. The character of Karoliina Korhonen´s comic strips is finnish Matti, who loves silence and personal space. If someone gets angry or is behaving badly, he wonders what he has done wrong. Finnish Nightmares is a book about what it is like to be a finn in social occasions. For a foreigner the book opens implied codes that can be difficult to understand but are shared with all finns.
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Finnish nightmares. A different kind of social guide to Finland, Karoliina Korhonen
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- Released
- 2020
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- Title
- Finnish nightmares. A different kind of social guide to Finland
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Karoliina Korhonen
- Publisher
- Atena
- Released
- 2020
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 100
- ISBN10
- 9523002228
- ISBN13
- 9789523002227
- Series
- Finnish Nightmares
- Rating
- 4.05 out of 5
- Description
- When they have to promote themselves. When an acquaintance says hello by kissing them on a cheek. When they owe a favour. When they wait for a bus in pouring rain, but there´s already someone under the pentice. When they run out of coffee. That´s when it happens. A finnish awkward moment. The character of Karoliina Korhonen´s comic strips is finnish Matti, who loves silence and personal space. If someone gets angry or is behaving badly, he wonders what he has done wrong. Finnish Nightmares is a book about what it is like to be a finn in social occasions. For a foreigner the book opens implied codes that can be difficult to understand but are shared with all finns.


