Another catalogued work!

[amethyst73]

This one's probably of less general interest - unless someone out there speaks Finnish?

Rautatie, by Juhani Aho

From the catalog page:

Aho’s first novel Rautatie (Railroad), considered one of his main works, is a story of an elderly couple who hear about railroad first time ever and have a hard time imagining carriages with no horses. They eventually get around to trying it out.

(Then in Finnish:)

Juhani Ahon esikoisromaani vuodelta 1884, Rautatie, on kertomus maaseudun ukosta ja akasta, jotka kuulevat naapurikylälle saapuneesta uudesta ihmeestä, ilman hevosia kulkevasta vaunusta, ja päättävät pitkän jahkailun jälkeen lähteä sitä katsomaan.

Comments

[karakara98.livejournal.com]

Wait, did you record this in Finnish? I don't speak it, but my step-father's grandparents were from Finland (the other set were from Norway) and he's been more and more interested in Scandinavian languages of late. Can these novels be downloaded to iPods?

Congrats!

[amethyst73.livejournal.com]

I didn't record it; I should have made it clear. I catalogued it, for a user who recorded it. Yes, it's in Finnish; yes, you can download it into iTunes, and from thence to your iPod.

The catalog page is here (http://librivox.org/rautatie-by-juhani-aho/). Enjoy!