num_pages: 100
description: When they have to promote themselves. When an acquaintance says hello by kissing them on a cheek. When they owe a favour. When they wait for a bus in pouring rain but theres already someone under the pentice. When they run out of coffee.Thats when it happens. A finnish awkward moment. The character of Karoliina Korhonens comic strips is finnish Matti who loves silence and personal space. If someone gets angry or is behaving badly he wonders what he has done wrong.Finnish Nightmares is a book about what it is like to be a finn in social occasions. For a foreigner the book opens implied codes that can be difficult to understand but are shared with all finns.
language: English
title: Finnish Nightmares
publisher: Atena