Lit in Translation

Joel Haahtela

Born 1972 · Finland

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Finlandia 2010 · Shortlist

    Katoamispiste

    Title translated by AI:“Vanishing Point”

    Joel Haahtela · 38 when first published

    Novel · 160 pages

    AI-generated summary:A Helsinki psychiatrist comes to the aid of a Frenchwoman caught in a gust of wind. She is in Finland to trace her vanished ex-husband, with a single clue: a novel by the late writer Raija Siekkinen.

  • No English yet

    Finlandia 2003 · Shortlist

    Elena

    Joel Haahtela · 31 when first published

    Novella · 126 pages · Love

    AI-generated summary:A lonely man on a park bench builds his days around a young woman who crosses the park to the university each morning, and becomes obsessed with her once he learns her name, Elena.