A Stranger Came to the Farm

A Stranger Came to the Farm
First US edition
Author	Mika Waltari
Original title	Vieras mies tuli taloon
Translator	Naomi Walford
Publisher	WSOY Putnam (US)
Publication date	1937
Published in English	1952
Pages	211

A Stranger Came to the Farm (Finnish: Vieras mies tuli taloon) is a 1937 novel by the Finnish writer Mika Waltari. It tells the tragic story of a farming couple where the husband is an alcohol abuser.

Publication

The book was published in Finnish by WSOY in 1937. It appeared in English in 1952, translated by Naomi Walford and published by Putnam.^[1]

Reception

Edmund Fuller of Saturday Review wrote that the book

is effective, striking, in many ways. Yet in spite of the sparseness and compactness of the book [Waltari] manages to make it almost lush, or purple, in some of its passages. It is good of its kind, but I am afraid it is more of an interesting item in relation to Waltari's body of work than an enhancement of his reputation.^[2]

Adaptations

The book has been adapted for film twice, in 1938 by Wilho Ilmari as Vieras mies tuli taloon and in 1957 by Hannu Leminen as The Stranger.^[3]^[4]

References

^ A stranger came to the farm. OCLC 1478329. Retrieved 2016-07-17 – via WorldCat.
^ Fuller, Edmund (1952-11-29). "Finnish Tragedy". Saturday Review.
^ "Vieras mies tuli taloon (1938)". Elonet (in Finnish). Retrieved 2016-07-17.
^ "Vieras mies (1957)". Elonet (in Finnish). Retrieved 2016-07-17.

Works by Mika Waltari

Novels

Historical series	The Egyptian The Adventurer The Wanderer The Dark Angel The Etruscan The Secret of the Kingdom The Roman
Inspector Palmu	Who Murdered Mrs. Skrof? Inspector Palmu's Mistake It is Written in the Stars, Inspector Palmu!
Other	The Grand Illusion A Lonely Man's Train The Orange Pip City of Sorrow and Joy A Stranger Came to the Farm Catherine From Father to Son Love in Times of War Dance Over the Tombstones A Nail Merchant at Nightfall Moonscape and Other Stories The Tongue of Fire