Finnish Snoutbook (Suomalainen kärsäkirja)

A lively and adventurous eco novel about life in contemporary Finland, species extinction, and animal rights activism.

When the EU declares a ban on circus elephants, Emilia decides to leave Kerava and join the Great Moscow Circus. On the way, the young elephant learns many new skills—like how to dance the Russian gopak. But eventually Emilia’s owner Lucia must take her all the way back to Africa. Along this epic journey, Emilia swims in bream nets, goes to a butcher shop, gets drunk, and wrecks a bus.

Title: Finnish Snoutbook (Suomalainen kärsäkirja)
Published: 2005

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