sentences:  Elämä lyhyt, Rytkönen pitkä
  
  Elämä lyhyt, Rytkönen pitkä ("Life short, Rytkönen long") is a 1991 Finnish novel by Arto Paasilinna, While farcical throughout, from the title's twist on the original saying onwards, it has a somewhat elegiac mood, with a constant undercurrent of tragedy leavened by humor.A film adaptation of the novel by Ere Kokkonen was released in 1996.