> come to think of it i haven't ever heard anything impressive about finland either.  why is the standard burger insult always about espousing your own ignorance? pathetic. > what do your books look like? i'm glad you asked there's the national epic kalevala, a set of epic poetry rooted in finnish mythology. then there are the modern classics like sinuhe: the egyptian by mika waltari, an epic and cynical tale painstakingly researched to be extremely historically accurate set in ancient egypt, and of course the unknown soldier by vin linna, which with brutal honesty lays forth the frontline experience in wwii. then there's also the works of sillanp for which he was awarded the nobel prize in literature. these are the most famous examples. also honourable mention to the moomins by tove jansson
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