Mr Darwin’s Gardener
A postmodern Victorian novel about faith, knowledge and our inner needs by Kristina Carlson.
The Human Part
For what would you sell your life story? And would you sell the truth? Biting social satire from Finlandia winner Kari Hotakainen.
Birdbrain
Birdbrain takes readers on the hiking trip of a lifetime along the Tasmanian coastline. But in this heart of darkness, some things are not what they seem.
Translating The Brothers by Asko Sahlberg
When I first came upon Asko Sahlberg’s novel The Brothers (He, 2009), I was impressed by its taut, poetic style, its savage, …
The Brothers
Peirene Press, 2012
A Shakespearean drama from icy Finland by Asko Sahlberg
True
Riikka Pulkkinen’s sensitive and subtle novel of family secrets is an exploration of the imaginative origins of story and the malleability of memory.
Purge
A fateful connection between two women spans decades of war, occupation, and exploitation in this suspenseful and thought-provoking novel by internationally acclaimed author Sofi Oksanen.