My Cat Yugoslavia
An award-winning love story set in two countries and in two radically different moments in time, bringing together a young man, his mother, a boa constrictor, and one capricious cat.
Norma
From the internationally best-selling author of Purge and When the Doves Disappeared, a spellbinding new novel set in present-day Helsinki, about a young woman with a fantastical secret who is trying to solve the mystery of her mother’s death.
The Midwife
Katja Kettu’s first novel to be translated into English, The Midwife tells the story of Johannes and Weird-Eye, and their struggle to find love in an unforgiving world.
Burnt Land
A woman alone flees violence and struggles to find peace in the harsh deserts of the Australian outback.
Crime Novel
A delightful poker-faced parody from Petri Tamminen.
The Core of the Sun
A densely imagined, funny, and moving tale of survival and spiritual insurrection in a land of stifling gender conformity, from the queen of Finnish Weird, Johanna Sinisalo.
White Hunger
Aki Ollikainen’s prize-winning novel is a bleak tale of hunger that probes broader ethical questions about our responsibility to others.
When the Doves Disappeared
A gripping, suspenseful novel of love and lies in occupied Estonia, by internationally acclaimed author Sofi Oksanen.
A New North: Contemporary Writing from Finland
An issue devoted to contemporary Finnish literature in Words Without Borders, the online journal of literature in English translation.
The Blood of Angels
A man searches for the meaning of mass honeybee disappearances, and loss in his own life, in this moving story of tragedy and transcendence by Johanna Sinisalo.