Seitsemän veljestä (The Brothers Seven), the 1870 Finnish novel by Aleksis Kivi (1834-1872), is one of the most (in)famously unknown classics of world literature—unknown not only because so few people in the world can read Finnish, but also because the novel is so incredibly difficult to translate, the Mount Everest of translating from Finnish. It is difficult to translate not only because it blends a saturation in Homer, Shakespeare, Dante, Cervantes, and the Bible with a brilliantly stylized form of local dialect, but because it is wild, grotesque, carnivalistic, and laugh-out-loud funny on every page. It has been translated 58 times into 34 languages—but somehow the translations always seem to fall short of their flamboyant original. Douglas Robinson’s new translation is a bold attempt to remedy that. He aims to make Kivi as rhythmic, as alliterative, as brash, as grotesque, and as funny in English as he is in Finnish. Since Kivi deliberately used an archaic Finnish, but used it playfully—and since Kivi was steeped in Shakespeare, to the point of memorizing whole plays—Robinson translates him into a playful Shakespearean register. As he notes in his Preface, this makes the translation a bit difficult to read—but the original is difficult for Finns to read as well, and the Finnish readers who love Kivi (and that is most of them) read him with pleasure despite the words they don’t know, because his prose is so intensely alive.

This is a story of justice and revenge American style. Seven 'brothers' decide to take on the crooked CEO's who are stealing from the American worker, shareholder, and communities and become popular Robin Hood figures in the eyes of the American people. The action takes us inside the corporate conference rooms and secret meetings. It gives us insight about how ruthless the CEO's of America have become. It exposes the laws and corrupt systems that protect them from justice. There is greed, sex, violence, murder, stealing, heartbreak, mystery, technology, and finally retribution for the American people. The Brothers Seven throw fear into the hearts of every dishonest CEO in America. It is thrilling to know someone can finally stand up to these corporate fat cats. You will want to stand up and cheer for America, the working man, and "The Brothers Seven".

Contains material originally published in Seven brothers vol. 1 #1-5 and Seven brothers vol. 2 #1-5.

Authentic retelling of the classic Chinese folktale of the seven brothers and their supernatural gifts.

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