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Maresi, Chronicles of the Red Monastery

Posted on 8 January 2015 by Kate Sotejeff-Wilson — 3 Comments

Maresi, Chronicles of the Red Monastery, was the book I read by the Christmas tree this year; next year you could be doing the same. The splendid Pushkin Press has just bought the English rights. The author, the Swedish Finn…

espresso fiction: short stories with a kick

Posted on 15 October 2014 by Kate Sotejeff-Wilson — Leave a comment

If you can’t wait for the whole of Rosa Liksom’s new book to be translated, Lola Rogers has put a taster of the very short stories from her brand new book Väliaikainen (Temporary) into English and online at Books from Finland. They are succinct and…

Tagged with: Contemporary, Fiction, Finnish, Liisa Rantalaiho, Literature, Lola Rogers, Rosa Liksom, Shimo Suntila, Short Stories, Translation
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year of the horse: China in 10 words

Posted on 31 January 2014 by Kate Sotejeff-Wilson — 1 Comment

Happy Chinese New Year – Xin Nian Kuai Le! Gong Hey Fat Choy! To celebrate the dawning of the Year of the Horse, it’s time to read about China. The London Review Bookshop recommends an introduction to Chinese poetry, including…

Finns found in translation

Posted on 20 July 2013 by Kate Sotejeff-Wilson — Leave a comment

After Tove Jansson’s Moomins and Alexis Kivi’s classic Seven Brothers, Johanna Sinisalo was the first Finnish author I read. She best known internationally for Not before Sundown, which was translated into 13 languages. Here’s a recent short story of hers from the website for Finnish…

Tagged with: Contemporary, Fiction, Finnish, Johanna Sinisalo, Online Writing, Short Stories, Translation
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