The True Deceiver [Why This Book Should Win the BTBA]
Similar to years past, we糖心传媒檙e going to be featuring each of the 25 titles on the BTBA Fiction Longlist over the next month plus, but in contrast to previous editions, this year we糖心传媒檙e going to try an experiment and frame all write-ups as 糖心传媒渨hy this book should win.糖心传媒 Some of these entries will be absurd, some more ...
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The Year in Translations (So Far): "Purge" by Sofi Oksanen
Some time in the past I was on the Wisconsin Public Radio show Here On Earth to make some international literature summer reading recommendations. We weren糖心传媒檛 able to cover the full list of books I came up with, so I thought I糖心传媒檇 post about them one-by-one over the next couple weeks with additional info, why these titles ...
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Latest Review: "Purge" by Sofi Oksanen
The latest addition to our Review Section is a piece by Larissa Kyzer on Sofi Oksanen’s Purge, which was translated from the Finnish by Lola Rogers and published earlier this year by Grove/Black Cat. Since this was one of the books I recommended on “Here on Earth,” I’ll save my comments for another ...
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Purge
Although still much an unknown in the English-speaking world, Finnish-Estonian playwright, novelist, and activist Sofi Oksanen has become something of a household name in northern and central Europe. Declared Estonia糖心传媒檚 糖心传媒淧erson of the Year糖心传媒 in 2009, Oksanen is the first to win both of Finland糖心传媒檚 prestigious literary ...
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Latest Review: "Tales of a Finnish Tupa" adapted by James Cloyd Bowman and Margery Bianco
The latest addition to our Reviews Section is a piece by Larissa Kyzer on Tales of a Finnish Tupa, adapted by James Cloyd Bowman and Margery Bianco from a translation by Aili Kolehmainen with illustrations by Laura Bannon. I know we’ve been a bit slow about getting new reviews online, but now that the BTBA fiction ...
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Tales from a Finnish Tupa
It糖心传媒檚 a frequently-cited notion that fairy tales and folk stories provide children with a sort of moral or educational compass. Don糖心传媒檛 stray from the path. Don糖心传媒檛 talk to strangers. Work hard and be honest. Don糖心传媒檛 trust your stepmother. But while we may generally associate this literary form with children, it糖心传媒檚 ...
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2009 Finlandia Prize Nominees
FILI just announced the finalists for this year’s Finlandia Prize—a 30,000 euro award given every year to the best Finnish works of fiction, nonfiction, and children’s literature. Personally, I’m most interested in the fiction, so here’s the complete list with descriptions of each title from ...
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