Antti Tuuri (b. 1944) earned a degree in graphic engineering in 1972. He then worked as a technical director, a managing director, and a development director for many printing companies. Since 1983 he has devoted himself to writing. Pohjanmaa [Ostrobothnia], the impressive first volume of a series which Tuuri began in the 1980s, won the Nordic Council’s Literary Award in 1985....