Born 1980 · Slovakia
Anasoft litera 2025 · Winner
Title translated by AI:“56, I Suppose”
Alexandra Salmela · 41 when first published
Novel · 197 pages · Autofiction, Satire
AI-generated summary:As New Year's fireworks go off, a heartbroken woman sits in a broken-down train; through a miserable year of perhaps 56 weeks, with a virus closing borders, each week is told by a different woman.
Anasoft litera 2012 · Finalist
Title translated by AI:“27, or Death Makes the Artist”
Alexandra Salmela · 30 when first published
Novel · 311 pages · Coming of age
AI-generated summary:On her 27th birthday Angie panics: like her rock idols, she wants to become a famous artist and die young within the year. Stuck in Prague, she runs off to the Finnish countryside and moves in beside an eco-minded family.
Also: Finlandia 2010 shortlist