Unknown Soldiers

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First published in Finnish as Tuntematon sotilas by Werner Söderström Corporation (WSOY) Helsinki, Finland 1954

This translation first published in Penguin Classics 2015

Published by arrangement with Werner Söderström Ltd. (WSOY)

This translation is based on the 1954 printing with the exception of the passage on pp. 265–6 [‘Lahtinen paused for a moment’ to ‘Just tryin’ to get this sled to move’], whose expansion just after the first printing reflects the author’s sole amendment to the published work.

The translation was supported by the American-Scandinavian Foundation, Finnish Literature Exchange FILI and WSOY Literary Foundation.

Copyright © The Estate of Väinö Linna and WSOY

Translation and editorial matter copyright © Liesl Yamaguchi, 2015

Cover design © Martti Mykkänen

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The moral right of the copyright holder and the translator has been asserted

ISBN: 978-0-141-97705-8