1st Edition
The Bombardment of Åbo A Novella Based on a Historical Event in Modern Times
110 Pages
by
Central European University Press
This farcical tale tells how the British bombing of a Finnish port city changes the life of the Russian governor, his wife, their cook, and the cook's Finnish fiancé. The story takes place during a Nordic offshoot of the Crimean conflict, known as the Åland War, in which a British-French naval force attacked military and civilian facilities on the coast of the Grand Duchy of Finland in... Read more
Introduction, The Bombardment of ÅBO, Biographical note on Carl Spitteler, About the translator
Biography
Carl Spitteler (1845-1924) was a swiss poet and writer. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1919.
Marianna D. Birnbaum is Research Professor in the Department of Germanic Languages at UCLA. She is also involved in the Medieval Studies Department’s programs at the Central European University, Budapest.
