If some of these poems feel like song lyrics, that’s because they are. Pentti Saarikoski’s best-loved work was set to music for the sixties folk group, Muksut. You can watch their original videos in the national treasure trove that is…
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Tagged with: books, Dublin Literary Award, Emily Jeremiah, Finland, Finnish, Fleur Jeremiah, Muksut, Norvik Press, Pentti Saarikoski, Poetry, Translation
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Posted in books, Dublin Literary Award, poetry
Maresi’s Power
Maresi is home from the abbey. She has left her sisters behind. She has left the horror of death behind too, it seems. It isn’t easy coming home. The journey is hard, and long. And when she gets there, the…
Tagged with: Annie Prime, books, Dublin Literary Award, Finland, Finnish, Maresi, Maresi Red Mantle, Maria Kyrö, Maria Turtschaninoff, Swedish, Translation, YA
Posted in books, gender, translation
Posted in books, gender, translation
Baba Dunja
Baba Dunja is an indomitable woman. She won’t let anything as trifling as a major nuclear disaster move her from her home. So back she moved, in to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, and carried on growing her vegetables as if…
Tagged with: Alina Bronsky, Baba Dunja's Last Love, books, Chernobyl, Dublin Literary Award, Europa Editions, German, Tim Mohr, Translation
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Posted in books, Dublin Literary Award, translation
My Cat Yugoslavia
The cat walks by himself. He is beautifully presented, and can be utterly charming – or utterly not. He accepts loyal and attentive service, but gives nothing in return, and leaves when he is ready. The comparisons to Bulgakov seem…
Tagged with: books, David Hackston, Dublin Literary Award, Finnish, Kissani Yugoslavia, My Cat Yugoslavia, Pajtim Statovci, Translation
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Posted in books, Dublin Literary Award, translation
1918: Moonstone
This book jolts you into a world that feels simultaneously very long ago and far away, and startlingly modern. Maybe a century ago isn’t that long ago, after all? The orphan boy of the title is rooted in both a…
Tagged with: 1918, books, Dublin Literary Award, Iceland, Icelandic, Moonstone, Sjón, Translation, Victoria Cribb
Posted in books, cinema, Dublin Literary Award, translation
Posted in books, cinema, Dublin Literary Award, translation
Finland 100: The Core of the Sun
Finland turns 100 today. Although it’s the darkest and coldest time of the year, consuming the hottest chilli you can get your hands on might not be the obvious way to celebrate. Until you read this book and understand how horribly…
Tagged with: books, Dublin Literary Award, Finland 100, Finnish, Finnish Weird, Johanna Sinisalo, Lola Rogers, Suomi100, The Core of the Sun, Translation
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Posted in books, Finland 100, gender, translation
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