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The Girl and the Bomb
2014
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Rust and Metro live life to the fullest in the small Finnish city of Kotka. The lovers work together by day and write graffiti by night, always staying one step ahead of the law. But their luck runs out after an ambush by rogue security guards causes Rust to fall to his death. Having literally left their marks all over the city, Metro cannot help but be reminded of Rust everywhere she goes, making it impossible for her to move past the tragedy. Heartbroken and alone, she becomes determined to get to the bottom of her partner’s death and to exact revenge on those responsible by using the tool she knows best: spray paint. As she fights to bomb the system, she is constantly—and harshly—reminded of how unfair life can be. Up against lies, betrayal, and corruption, Metro musters the strength and inspiration to persevere in the name of truth and by adding beauty to an ugly world.
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Author

Jari Jarvela
Jari Jarvela
Author · 14 books

ENG: Jari Järvelä has written novels, short stories, essays, radio plays and plays. He currently resides at Kotka, living between the ocean and a river, likes both cities on harbours and train stations. His favourite cities are Napoli and Marseille, in both of which nothing is working yet everything works out, everybody believes in miracles and not for nothing. His hobbies include swimming, wines and history (even the one that can be found on a roadside or on rusty tin cans on an old fridge on an attic). Most of all, Järvelä is into punk music and paintings from 1500's renaissance, both of which most of his friends dislike strongly. Both of them include that frenzied indulging which makes art something more than life, or at least more sensible. FIN: Jari Järvelä on syntynyt Helsingissä 21. marraskuuta 1966. Hän on kirjoittanut romaaneja, novellikokoelmia, esseitä, kuunnelmia ja näytelmiä. Hän asuu Kotkassa meren ja joen välissä, pitää sekä satamakaupungeista että juna-asemista. Hänen mielikaupunkinsa ovat Napoli ja Marseille, niissä ei mikään toimi mutta kaikki järjestyy, ja jokainen uskoo syystä ihmeisiin. Hän harrastaa uintia, viinejä, myös valtateiden ulkopuolista historiaa, sitä joka löytyy vesakkoisilta pientareilta ja vintiltä vanhasta nestekidejääkaapista, sen sisältämistä ruosteensyömistä säilykepurkeista. Erityisen nitkahtanut Järvelä on punkmusiikkiin ja 1400-luvun renessanssitauluihin, hänen useimmat ystävänsä saavat molemmista nokkosihottumaa. Molemmissa on sitä vimmaista heittäytymistä, joka tekee taiteesta elämää suurempaa, tai ainakin herkempää.

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