Books set in Finland (31)
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Kollektivt selvmord by Arto Paasilinna NO
FinlandDescription:
Historien tar til en midtsommeraften da den mildt sagt deprimerte direktør Rellonen etter nok en konkurs er på vei inn i låven for å skyte seg. Der oppdager han offiseren Kemppainen som er i ferd med å feste repet til en bjelke. De bestemmer seg for å utsette handlingen, og etter en lang natt med diskusjon, badstue og sprit finner de en løsning. De vil samle selvmordskandidatene rundt om i landet. Etter et seminar bestemmer dermed en gruppe seg for å begå kollektivt selvmord, og den vannvittige reisen i luksusbuss mot dødsriket starter. Omtalen er utarbeidet av BS.
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Las vacas de Stalin by Sofi Oksanen ES
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Tres mujeres, tres generaciones: La historia de una Europa dividida entre el este y el oeste, el hambre y la bulimia.
Anna no está dispuesta a creer en las malas consecuencias de la bulimia salvaje que padece. ¿Qué puede haber de malo en algo que le provoca un placer comparable al del sexo y hace que se sienta divina? Perdida en sus obsesiones, necesita controlar su destino y no quiere repetir los errores de su madre, Katariina, que huyó de la Estonia soviética a Finlandia y desde entonces malvive entre la paranoia y la amargura. Del otro lado de la frontera... continue
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Little Siberia by Antti Tuomainen EN
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DIVThe arrival of a meteorite in a small Finnish town causes chaos and crime in this poignant, chilling and hilarious new thriller from the King of Helsinki Noir ***The Times BOOK OF THE YEAR*** ***Shortlisted for the CrimeFest Last Laugh Award*** ***Shortlisted for the CWA International Dagger*** 'With moral dilemmas, plenty of action, and the author's trademark mixture of humour and melancholy, this is Tuomainen's best yet' Guardian 'Scandinavia's answer to Carl Hiaasen delivers another hectically silly crime caper involving a military chaplain, a suicidal rally driver and a very expensive m... continue
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My Cat Yugoslavia by Pajtim Statovci EN
KosovoDescription:
A love story set in two countries in two radically different moments in time, bringing together a young man, his mother, a boa constrictor, and one capricious cat. In 1980s Yugoslavia, a young Muslim girl is married off to a man she hardly knows, but what was meant to be a happy match goes quickly wrong. Soon thereafter her country is torn apart by war and she and her family flee. Years later, her son, Bekim, grows up a social outcast in present-day Finland, not just an immigrant in a country suspicious of foreigners, but a gay man in an unaccepting society. Aside from casual hookups, his only... continue
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Norma by Sofi Oksanen EN
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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. When Anita Naakka jumps in front of an oncoming train, her daughter, Norma, is left alone with the secret they have spent their lives hiding: Norma has supernatural hair, sensitive to the slightest changes in her mood--and the moods of those around her--moving of its own accord, corkscrewing when danger is near. And so it is her hair that alerts her, whi... continue
