Foster Sons and Cotton Girls - Nine Tales from Tampere
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The graphic novel of Pauli Kallio (script) and Tiitu Takalo (illustrations) narrates nine fascinating tales of people in the stream of history. At the same time it illustrates Tampere's development from a village into a city.
The foster son of Iron Age, the cotton girl of Industrial Revolution and other historical figures lead the reader on an imaginary journey into the history of an over 230-year-old city. The joys and sorrows of the people have been similar all through the centuries but the city and the society surrounding it change continuously. Life's small events, displayed in these comics, bring history to life in a new manner.
(from the back cover)
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Edit June 7, 2020:
Page-long texts about the city of Tampere's story intertwined with graphic short stories about its inhabitants' lives over the centuries.
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Paulanni at
Riihimäki, Kanta-Häme / Egentliga Tavastland Finland on Sunday, June 7, 2020
Released 3 yrs ago (6/7/2020 UTC) at Riihimäki, Kanta-Häme / Egentliga Tavastland Finland
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The book goes next to russbaum as part of the wishlist tag game. Enjoy!
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russbaum at
-- Somewhere in London 🤷♀️ , Greater London United Kingdom on Wednesday, June 10, 2020
And received.
I have stuck the label in as requested and it's good to go to the next reader once I've read it through. Thanks for the Tag.
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russbaum at
-- Somewhere in London 🤷♀️ , Greater London United Kingdom on Monday, August 17, 2020
Released 3 yrs ago (8/17/2020 UTC) at -- Somewhere in London 🤷♀️ , Greater London United Kingdom
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Posted from London, UK to Turku, FINLAND to pippis, as part of the Summer 2020 bookcrossing Manga/Comic sweep.
Hope it arrives safely.
It's going home !
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5 by
pippis at
Turku, Varsinais-Suomi / Egentliga Finland Finland on Saturday, August 29, 2020
Arrived safe & sound! Thank you ever so much, russbaum! It's both a pleasure to be the winner but also bittersweet as someone else won't have a rush of books arriving to their door...
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pippis at
Turku, Varsinais-Suomi / Egentliga Finland Finland on Sunday, September 27, 2020
First of all, let me remind all future readers that _Turku_, which is very briefly mentioned, perhaps even hinted as a place people want to leave, came to exist in the 1200s. Tampere is only jealous for the long history and all the good things that come from Turku... Enough with Finnish banter: the short stories were somewhat endearing, but sadly really short. As a short introduction into Finnish (industrial town's) history, this is a nice piece. The page long texts might be a bit much for those expecting to read a comic book, though.
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pippis at
Turku, Varsinais-Suomi / Egentliga Finland Finland on Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Released 3 yrs ago (10/14/2020 UTC) at Turku, Varsinais-Suomi / Egentliga Finland Finland
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There might be a reader in town for this...
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8 by
sakirmo at
Turku, Varsinais-Suomi / Egentliga Finland Finland on Thursday, October 15, 2020
Thanks for the surprise comics! This one seems really interesting, so there will surely be two readers in this house.
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sakirmo at
Turku, Varsinais-Suomi / Egentliga Finland Finland on Tuesday, November 3, 2020
Well, these tales turned out to be less interesting than I thought they would be but it's an okay read I guess... just nothing very special.
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sakirmo at
Kortteliravintola Kerttu in Turku, Varsinais-Suomi / Egentliga Finland Finland on Monday, November 16, 2020
Released 3 yrs ago (11/16/2020 UTC) at Kortteliravintola Kerttu in Turku, Varsinais-Suomi / Egentliga Finland Finland
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At the meet-up
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11 by
MiuM at
Kaarina, Varsinais-Suomi / Egentliga Finland Finland on Monday, November 16, 2020
I took this from the meet-up
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12 by
MiuM at
Kaarina, Varsinais-Suomi / Egentliga Finland Finland on Wednesday, November 18, 2020
These tales were ok, but they could have had more content. Anyhow, a very good introduction to Finnish history.
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MiuM at
A BookCrosser, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Saturday, November 28, 2020
Released 3 yrs ago (11/30/2020 UTC) at A BookCrosser, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases
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Have a good and peaceful christmas and a happy new year 2021! Stay safe!
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Poodlesister at
Walthamstow, Greater London United Kingdom on Saturday, December 26, 2020
Thank you EU / UK Secret Santa! Love all the JEs. This book has already been to the UK from Finland, back to Finland and now in the UK again. I look forward to finding out more about the history of Tampere. Disappointed that Turku doesn’t feature more heavily though (hi Pippis!).
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15 by
Poodlesister at
Walthamstow, Greater London United Kingdom on Friday, July 23, 2021
An interesting history of Tampere, I don't usually read graphic novels so it made a nice change.
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16 by
Poodlesister at
Oppem’s Birthday Group, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom on Friday, July 23, 2021
Released 2 yrs ago (7/27/2021 UTC) at Oppem’s Birthday Group, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom
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A wishlist book travelling to New Zealand as a birthday present.