"Tuskaa: A Picture from the Cruel Lands" is a book by the Finnish writer Väinäu Katai, which takes readers on an exciting journey to the ruins of the human soul. In this book, the author tells stories about the lives of the inhabitants of remote villages and towns, where despair, poverty and aggression reign. A sense of longing and hopelessness permeates each page, but at the same time, each story is filled with deep realism and vivid impression. "Tuskaa: A picture from cruel lands" is a book that will leave its mark in the soul of everyone who dares to open its pages.