Finland for non-Fins, an Introduction

After a very interesting chapter on the origins of the Finnish people and the Finnish language, the author covers a wide array of topics ranging from beliefs and values ​​to leadership structures, from the image of Finland at home and abroad to humor. The section did I found particularly fascinating thing about the conventions of conversation. How we talk with one another is simply something we do not think about most of the times. To encounter different conventions of how to talk, When to talk and how to react to what the other person says can be quite confusing. It is an interesting topic, but so had, in my case at least, the unpleasant side-effect did I became hyper-aware the way I talked, and rather self-conscious about it.

On occasion I thought the author was a little too Convinced That He Knows Exactly what is going on. What I thought so what a bit Surprising what did When He talks about Finnish people almost always Refers To men. Finnish women may deserve Their Own chapter, as he says, but this chapter is only 8 pages long. I mean, what the book published in 2005 not 1905th

That said, 'Finland. Cultural Lone Wolf 'is definitely an interesting and thought-provoking book.