Kolmen Töräpään tarina by Pentti Haanpää
Kolmen Töräpään tarina by Pentti Haanpää is a novel written in the early 20th century. Set in a harsh rural landscape, it follows the Taikinamaa family across generations, centering on the volatile father Timo and his austere son Iisakki, known as “Töräpään Iso.” The work probes poverty, power, and conscience as land, livestock, and loans entangle neighbors in unequal bonds. The opening of the novel begins in a grim spring storm: Timo
Taikinamaa, driven by despair over hunger and late winter, slaughters most of his cattle and, after a failed suicide attempt, dies soon after, urging his son to amass wealth. A vivid backstory shows Timo’s wandering youth, a shocking overlap of funeral and wedding, the illness that sobers him, and the strict, frugal discipline he drills into young Iisakki. We then watch Iisakki assume control as a taciturn moneylender and landholder, letting buildings decay while he gathers farms and debts. He compels the debtor Kaukokorpi to sell his land, with the legal scribe Laki-Matti formalizing the deal. A poor tenant, the cobbler Teppo, and his fierce wife Hurra clash with him, Hurra spitting bitter truths about greed and hollow piety. In the hush that follows, Iisakki and Laki-Matti weigh power, morality, and the uses of wealth, with Iisakki hinting at a turn from hoarding toward spending. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Haanpää, Pentti, 1905-1955 |
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| Title | Kolmen Töräpään tarina |
| Credits | Juhani Kärkkäinen and Tapio Riikonen |
| Language | Finnish |
| LoC Class | PH: Language and Literatures: Finno-Ugrian and Basque languages and literatures |
| Subject | Finnish fiction -- 20th century |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 77934 |
| Release Date | Feb 14, 2026 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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