Project Gutenberg 2025-05-13 Public domain in the USA. 78 Talvio, Maila 1871 1951 Mikkola, Maila Winter Sydämet : $b Kertomuksia $aPorvoo :$bWSOY, $c1924. Sydämet -- Viimeinen keino -- Rakastuneen retkiä -- Alasimena ja vasarana -- Hätähuutoja syvyydestä -- Kylvöt ja niitot -- Kuolinsanomia mereltä -- Lionardo ja Chopin -- Soihdunkantajat. Juhani Kärkkäinen and Tapio Riikonen "Sydämet : Kertomuksia" by Maila Talvio is a collection of short stories written in the early 20th century. The book appears to probe the inner life of “hearts,” dwelling on art, love, suffering, and the quiet heroism of ordinary people. Its opening tale centers on touring pianist Heinz Blume and his wife Marianne in a northern provincial town, exploring the ecstasy and pain of performance, the strain on family, and the audience’s hungry devotion. Expect intimate, psychologically attentive vignettes set against a vivid social milieu. The opening of the collection follows a single concert night that swells from backstage nerves into public rapture. Pianist Heinz Blume, oversensitive to his instrument, quarrels about playing a Steinway, then—urged by his calm wife—moves the hall with Chopin and Beethoven, igniting fervor among townspeople: a weary schoolmaster, an aged doctor adrift after an accident, a garrulous impresario, a hopeful young composer, and civic notables. After an awkward celebratory supper, talk of his “insured” hands, and tender, practical goodbyes, Marianne departs before dawn with their three small children. Left alone in the icy street, Blume slips, suffers a head injury, and is carried to care as the town hums with alarm and rumor—an abrupt break that lays bare the fragility behind the evening’s triumph. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20250217011856talvio 1924 FI Reading ease score: 52.8 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. fi Short stories, Finnish Finnish fiction -- 20th century PH Text Category: Short Stories 347494 2025-07-30T06:38:01.040952 text/html 198319 2025-07-30T06:38:07.179911 application/epub+zip 202450 2025-07-30T06:38:02.784983 application/epub+zip 202451 2025-07-30T06:38:01.677910 application/epub+zip 317291 2025-07-30T06:38:10.285941 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 297473 2025-07-30T06:38:06.485882 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 319449 2025-07-30T06:38:00.651922 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 299758 2025-05-13T14:28:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 13293 2025-07-30T06:38:10.426868 application/rdf+xml 8640 2025-07-30T06:38:02.187943 image/jpeg 2295 2025-07-30T06:38:01.933923 image/jpeg 195232 2025-07-30T06:38:01.070924 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fi.wikipedia