NEW FINNISH GRAMMAR

Book ID/图书代码： 11360011B46974

English Summary/英文概要： The story emerges from the turmoil of the Second World War. In 1943 a military doctor, Petri Friari, is working on a German hospital ship moored in Trieste harbor. A young soldier is brought to him, so badly wounded that he has no idea who he is. All he has is a jacket with the Finnish name "SAMPO KARJALAINEN" sewn into it. This leads Petri originally from Finland to believe the man is also Finnish; so he helps "Sampo" to rediscover his language and his fatherland. The men are both exiles in different ways, both struggling with who they are. An archetypal identity drama unfolds as Sampo gradually learns to talk and walk again. Language is central to the narrative. Without it, we have no roots and no memory. As Sampo travels through war-torn Europe "back home" to Finland, he has small breakthrough: "Urgent as a desire to vomit, I felt the sudden need to speak." In Finland, Sampo lodges with the ebullient Pastor Koskela, who believes that learning their myths and legends will anchor the shattered man. He is encouraged to fall in love: "to switch off his brain and follow his heart". A warm-hearted nurse does her best, but fails. Still Sampo doesn’t feel at home: "I had a distinct suspicion that I was running headlong down the wrong road. In the innermost recesses of my unconscious I was plagued by the feeling that, within my brain, another brain was beating, buried alive." Who is Sampo? This identity thriller delivers plot, bodies and clues as well as poetic musings on national and individual identity. Marani is obsessed by language and how it defines us. Here’s a gifted European linguist also gifted at describing who we are as Europeans

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 若失去語言能力，一切從頭開始，真相是否就能重現？

1943年的九月某晚，一名重傷的士兵倒臥在Trieste的碼頭邊。發現他的是名德軍醫院中新來的醫生--Pietri Friari，他立即治療這名重傷失去意識的士兵。當士兵清醒後，卻喪失記憶，對於自己的過去一無所知，甚至失去語言能力。醫生無法確認眼前士兵的來歷，只能憑著夾克上的名字--”Sampo Karjalainen”猜測這名士兵或許和自己一樣來自相同的國度--芬蘭。
異地相逢的兩人同樣有著漂流的命運，於是醫生決定傾力幫助這名男子，教導他芬蘭語。試圖協助他重新找回過去。當Sampo逐漸康復時，內心卻更加困惑。自己究竟是誰？Sampo這個名字真的屬於他嗎？他是否誤闖了這位名叫Sampo Karjalainen的人生？(Vincent)

Awards/获奖情况：Rights sold:
France- Payot et Rivages
Finland- Helmi
Latvia- Atena
Spain- Gadir
Slovenia- Modrijan
UK- Dedalus

About the Author/作者介绍： Diego Marani was born in Ferrara in 1959. He works as a senior linguist for the European Union in Brussels. Every week he writes a column for a Swiss newspaper about current affairs in Europanto, a language that he has invented. He has also published in France a collection of short stories in Europanto.in France. In Italian he has published six novels, the most recent being L’Amico della Donna.
Diego Marani 出生於1959，現為歐盟官員。長期定居於比利時布魯塞爾，每週固定於瑞士的報紙上發表專欄評論歐洲情勢。曾於法國、義大利出版多部作品，包含短篇小說集、六本小說。目前最新作品為L’Amico della Donna。除了作家、傳譯官身分外，Diego Marani也是人工語言歐洲語(Europanto)的發明人。

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