Collected Short Stories

Anna, Anne, Maria, Marja or Maaria. A woman, alone or with others, at home or on a journey. A woman with a man who takes his car and leaves.

In Raija Siekkinen’s short stories, a woman is surrounded by the circle of loneliness, defined by her experience as a bystander. Human relationships and the whole spectrum of emotions are depicted in a dazzling way, and o en with a subtle sense of humour.