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Finlandia 2007 · Winner
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Title translated by AI:“The Other Shoes”
Hannu Väisänen · 56 when first published
Novel · 367 pages · Coming of age, Family, Autofiction
AI-generated summary:In 1960s Oulu, twelve-year-old Antero moves with his widowed father, an army sergeant, and his siblings from the garrison into a civilian neighbourhood. Puberty arrives, and with it longings for suede shoes and a calling to art.