by Arto Paasilinna · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782207253311
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«Petits suicides entre amis» is the humorous novel by Finnish author Arto Paasilinna, published by Editions Denoël in paperback, 299 pages, in French.
A small bankrupt businessman and a widowed colonel meet while attempting suicide; from that encounter arises an association of would-be suicides. The newspaper ad brings together a motley group that travels across Finland by bus, in a journey of black humour and reflection on hopelessness.
Original Finnish title: «Hurmaava joukkoitsemurha»; translation by Anne Colin du Terrail. French edition of 2003.
For readers of black humour and Nordic literature seeking a comedy with a philosophical undertone.
Arto Tapio Paasilinna was a Finnish writer, being a former journalist turned comic novelist. One of Finland's most successful novelists, he won a broad readership outside of Finland in a way few other Finnish authors have before. Translated into 27 languages, over seven million copies of his books have been sold worldwide, and he has been claimed as "instrumental in generating the current level of interest in books from Finland".
