Elämä lyhyt, Rytkönen pitkä
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Elämä lyhyt, Rytkönen pitkä (Life short, Rytkönen long) is a 1991 Finnish novel by Arto Paasilinna, with a film adaptation by Ere Kokkonen in 1996. While farcical from the title's twist on the original saying onwards, it has a somewhat elegiac mood, an undercurrent of tragedy leavened by humor throughout.
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Seppo Sorjonen, a young cab driver/wage slave fed up with his lifestyle. Taavetti Rytkönen, an old retired war veteran, standing in the middle of a road with a thick wad of bills in his pocket, trying to remember who he is and how he got there. The two's meeting sparks off a leisurely, low-drama romp through Finland.
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