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Laura Lindstedt. Photo: Jarkko Mikkonen/Teos. Laura Lindstedt’s second novel Oneiron (2018; Finnish: Oneiron, 2015) won the 2015 Finlandia Prize. In the book, Lindstedt experiments with combining different genres of writing, including poetry and essays, to explore the concept of life after death.
Jul 3, 2023 · Shaped by histories and narratives of exclusion and survival, Finnish authors are blurring the lines of genre to tell new stories in luminous, captivating prose. These prize-winning contemporary novels engage with the effects of war and inequality and offer deeply compelling explorations of what it means to be human.
Jun 1, 1996 · Read reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. Philip Landon, Introduction/ Markku Eskelinen, From Nonstop, or Missing in Fiction: A Synoptic…
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REC is a travel book and a documentary, a fiction about fiction. It’s a breath-taking kaleidoscope where stories and reality constantly take on new angles in new hands. Fin-landia Prize winner Marisha Rasi-Koskinen writes herself to the forefront of the Finnish novel. Original title: REC. S & S 2020, 648 pp.
Oct 16, 2014 · The August list of best-selling fiction and non-fiction, compiled by the Finnish Booksellers’ Association, features thrillers, new Finnish fiction, dictionaries and diet guides. Number one of the Finnish fiction list was a new crime novel by Leena Lehtolainen, Rautakolmio (‘The iron triangle’, Tammi).
Sep 14, 2022 · Read Your Way Around the World is a series exploring the globe through books. Finns love to read: It’s their favorite thing to do in their time off. The country is a little smaller than...
Sep 12, 2022 · This list of Scandinavian literature explores both locally and internationally acclaimed fiction books from Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, and Finland. The global rise of Nordic Noir, also known as Nordic crime fiction, has in some senses paved the way for literary Scandinavian fiction on the international stage.
