Pirkkalan pyhät pihlajat
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Author | Kaari Utrio |
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Country | Finland |
Language | Finnish |
Subject | Middle Age, love |
Genre | Historical fiction |
Publisher | Tammi |
Publication date | 1976 |
Media type | Print (hardback, pocket book), audiobook[1] |
Pages | 306 pp |
ISBN | 951-30-3877-7 |
OCLC | 3433451 |
LC Class | PH355.U76 P54 |
Followed by | Karjalan kruunu |
Pirkkalan pyhät pihlajat (Finnish: The Holy Rowan Trees of Pirkkala) is a historical romance novel by Finnish author Kaari Utrio, first published in 1976.[1][2]
The novel is divided into six parts. The first part sets the historical background from AD 800 to 1250 for the location of the holy rowan trees of Pirkkala. The rest five parts have each their own first person narrator (Filippa, Aleidis Ragvaldintytär, Kaarle Kustaanpoika, Barbara Catillina and Tuomas Haukka, respectively). The parts are divided into chapters and concentrate on years AD 1280–1282 with flashbacks to earlier times.
The 2017 play Pirkkalan pihlajat, written by Olavi Horsma-aho and directed by [3]
, is based on the novel.References[]
- Pirkkalan pyhät pihlajat. p. 306. ISBN 9789513038779.
Notes[]
- ^ a b "Pirkkalan pyhät pihlajat". . National Library of Finland. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ "Pirkkalan pyhät pihlajat". (in Finnish). Helsinki City Library. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ Merikanto, Maija-Riitta (29 November 2017). "Hillin talo herää eloon". . p. 15. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
External links[]
- "Pirkkalan pyhät pihlajat" (in Finnish). Tammi.
Categories:
- Novels by Kaari Utrio
- 1976 novels
- Tammi (company) books
- 20th-century Finnish novels
- Finnish historical novels
- Historical romance novels
- Novels adapted into plays
- Novels set in the 13th century
- 1970s historical novel stubs