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Why do we not call seagulls’ cries singing? Actor Mikko Kauppila wonders

From Helsingin Sanomat · () Finnish

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  • Actor and writer Mikko Kauppila explains how Pipsa Longa’s play Neljän päivän läheisyys made a strong impression on him.
  • He found the 2021 play spontaneously at the Finnish Literature Society’s library and began reading it in a nearby park.
  • The piece is part of Helsingin Sanomat’s Luen tässä series, in which people discuss books that have affected them.

Actor and writer Mikko Kauppila says Pipsa Longa’s contemporary play Neljän päivän läheisyys changed the way he looks at seagulls.

Kauppila says he enjoys browsing libraries spontaneously, picking books from the shelves according to whatever catches his interest. During one visit to the Finnish Literature Society’s library, he came across Longa’s 2021 play, published by Ntamo.

He took the book to a nearby park to read it. He remembers its opening sentence making an immediate impact. His reflection appears in Helsingin Sanomat’s Luen tässä series, where people describe books that have made a lasting impression.

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