
"Le bestial serviteur du Pasteur Huuskonnen" raconte l'histoire d'un pasteur qui perd petit-à-petit la foi en Dieu en même temps qu'il retrouve la foi en l'humanité, ou quelque chose comme ça. Il adopte et élève un ours avec lequel il voyage autour du monde pour se retrouver dans les situations les plus cocasses et invraissamblables. Pendant toute l'histoire, on se demande où on va (littéralement) et même si cette histoire aura une fin, mais la chute est excellente et tout-à-fait digne de Paasilinna. Un livre à lire absolument pendant les longues soirées d'hiver!
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My favorite non-anglophone and non-francophone author is Arto Paasilinna (finnish author, in case you haven't figured it out from his name). In this case, I have no problem reading a French translation since I love Finnish but couldn't read more than three words in it. I love Paasilinna because of his very British, satirical humor, because of how he can write completely insane stories that make me laugh my head off with the most serious style possible. I also love when he makes fun (but in a smart and kind way, of course) of his own country, of the Finns, and of their customs. And since I know a little bit about these people and about Finland, I love to learn more about this people and this country who are rarely on the cover of Time Magazine! Interestingly, it seems that many of his novels have been translated into French but not into English. My favorite ones are "Prisonniers du paradis," and "Le fils du Dieu de l'orage." I also really enjoyed "Le meunier hurlant" (The Howling Miller), "La douce empoisonneuse," and "Petits suicides entre amis." I must admit, however, that I have never been able to read "Le lièvre de Vatanen" (The Year of the Hare).
"Le bestial serviteur du Pasteur Huuskonnen" tells the story of a preacher who loses his faith, slowly but surely, while at the same time finding some kind of faith in mankind, or something like that. He adopts and raises a bear with which he travels around the world and finds himself in the funniest and most incredible situations. During the whole story, you can wonder where this is going (literally) or if this is going anywhere at all, but the end is excellent and typical of Paasilinna. This is a book you absolutely must read during those long winter evenings...
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C'est fou, en deux jours c'est la troisième fois que je tombe sur une note parlant de cet auteur... ce doit être un signe ;-)
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