JP Koskinen

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• Tulisiipi

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  Finlandia 2019 · Shortlist

  Tulisiipi

  AITitle translated by AI:“Firewing”

  JP Koskinen · 51 when first published

  Novel · 351 pages · Historical, Migration

  AIAI-generated summary:During the Great Depression, a Finnish-American family hears of a workers’ paradise being built in Soviet Karelia, leaves everything behind and crosses the Atlantic, their son Kaarle dreaming of freedom and of flying.

• Ystäväni Rasputin

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  Finlandia 2013 · Shortlist

  Ystäväni Rasputin

  AITitle translated by AI:“My Friend Rasputin”

  JP Koskinen · 45 when first published

  Novel · 355 pages · Historical

  AIAI-generated summary:Orphaned Vasili becomes the apprentice of a wild-eyed pilgrim bound for Jerusalem: Grigori Rasputin, the mystic who scandalises the aristocracy of St Petersburg but has the imperial family's complete trust.