' There they stood bumbling into lines with a bit of difficulty Mother Finland's chosen sacrifice to world history' Unknown Soldiers follows the fates of a ramshackle troupe of machine-gunners in the Second World War as they argue joke swear cadge a loaf of bread or a cigarette combat both boredom & horror in the swamps & pine forests
- & discover that war will make or break them One of Finland's best-loved books this gritty & unromantic depiction of battle honours the dogged determination of a country & the bonds of brotherhood forged between men at war as they fight for their lives'A rediscovered classic profound & enriching Unknown Soldiers still has the power to shock' Herald