The finalist books deal with Kuortanetta, Järvenpää and Vääksy. The winner will be decided at the beginning of October at the Turku Book Fair.
The book also sidesteps politics: a left-wing movement was hardly born in Kuortane, and a right-wing movement even more so. The local work does not forget religion either. Pietism’s specialty, vasulism, lived strongly in Kuortane.
The Nokiottat work has 639 pages. It has been published by the municipality of Kuortanee.
Among forty works
40 works from different parts of Finland were entered for the Kotiseutuliitto’s competition. Three works were selected for the final. In addition to the book about the home region of Kuortanen, books about Järvenpäätä and Vääksy are seeking profit.
Jussi Nuorteva, the long-time director of the National Archives, will select the winner and announce the Homeland Work of the Year at the Turku Book Fair on October 1.