Frases de Väinö Linna

Väinö Linna foi um dos mais influentes autores finlandeses do século XX. Ele seguiu direto para a fama literária com seu terceiro romance, Tuntematon sotilas, publicado em 1954, e consolidado sua posição com a trilogia Täällä Pohjantähden alla, publicada em 1959 – 1963. Wikipedia  

✵ 20. Dezembro 1920 – 21. Abril 1992
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Väinö Linna: Frases em inglês

“In the beginning there were the swamp, the hoe – and Jussi.”

Väinö Linna Under the North Star

Opening words.
Under the North Star

“The battalion can operate very well without you. No man is indispensable in a war, no matter who he is.”

Väinö Linna livro The Unknown Soldier

Major Sarastie to Rokka during a disciplinary hearing, p. 356.
The Unknown Soldier

“The younger troops assumed their ranks. There they stood, bumbling into lines with a bit of difficulty: Mother Finland's chosen sacrifice to world history.”

Väinö Linna livro The Unknown Soldier

The narrator introducing the characters of the novel, p. 2.
The Unknown Soldier

“Jorma Kariluoto had paid his dues into the common pot of human idiocy.”

Väinö Linna livro The Unknown Soldier

The narrator after Kariluoto's death, p. 412.
The Unknown Soldier

“The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics won, but racing to the line for a strong second place came feisty little Finland.”

Väinö Linna livro The Unknown Soldier

Vanhala, the eternal comedian, summarizing the war after it ends, p. 466.
The Unknown Soldier

“Once Koskela saw that the guns were ready to go, he called out, 'Shoot for their nuts!”

Väinö Linna livro The Unknown Soldier

Fonte: The Unknown Soldier, P. 56.

“Rather dear, those boys.”

Väinö Linna livro The Unknown Soldier

Closing words, p. 466.
The Unknown Soldier

“Koskela the Finn. Eats iron and shits chains.”

Väinö Linna livro The Unknown Soldier

Koskela introducing himself while intoxicated, p. 298.
The Unknown Soldier

“Are you motherfuckers deaf? Shoot here … down here … follow my voice … my gun … aaahh …”

Väinö Linna livro The Unknown Soldier

An ambushed and dying Lehto criticising the enemy for lack of accuracy, p. 194.
The Unknown Soldier