The Unknown Soldier

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Reviewed at Read & Survive. The Unknown Soldier (Tuntematon sotilas) is author Väinö Linna’s first major novel and his other major work besides Under the North Star.

Published init is a story about the Continuation War between Finland and the Soviet Union as /5. There is little in the way of "thriller" in THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER, a variance from the usual Gerald Seymour novel that may put off some of his fans. Rather, this novel resembles those penned by John le Carre in that it's relatively heavy on character development (Caleb's) and the sometimes plodding nature of intelligence work, and short on sustained action/5(21).

Väinö Linna () was one of the most influential Finnish authors of the 20th century. He shot to immediate literary fame with his third novel, Tuntematon sotilas (Unknown Soldiers), and consolidated his position with the trilogy Täällä Pohjantähden alla (Under the North Star)/5(42).

"The Unknown Soldier", his magnum opus, is a war novel that chronicles the Continuation War between Finland and the Soviet Union in the years –, from the /5(17). “ The Unknowns is a great book on the topic that surrounds the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from the First World War.

It’s also a good single volume work on the American Expeditionary Force’s involvement and experiences in the First World War/5().