Sunday, February 5, 2012

A Charming Mass Suicide by Arto Paasilinna

After starting my adventure with Finnish literature with Moomins book, I reached for another Finnish author Arto Paasilinna. I got this book from book exchange otherwise I probably wouldn't bump into it. The title intrigued me:) Although it sounds scary, the book is truely positive. It starts when two men decide to commit suicide and they choose the same place and time for it. When they meet there, they decide to postpone the suicide and moreover they come to an idea that there must be much more people with the same intention in Finland. They send an advertisement to the newspaper and gather a group of desperates who want to finish their life and they set off by bus in a journey through Europe to look for the perfect place to commit mass suicide. The story is a bit predictable but it 'radiates' with positive emotions and it contains considerable dose of black humour:)

4 comments:

  1. The idea of it is quite scary but it also sounds really quite interesting too as in what they'll get up to etc... It must be a good book if you enjoyed it

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  2. I haven't read the book but it has made the movie which was quite good. It makes laugh even the story of people's destinies is so sad

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  3. Interesting this book is being read by someone whose handle is "Got that Swing" LOL.

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  4. Haha, I didn't think of that XD

    I want to see the movie now:)

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