Lit in Translation

Lars Sund

Born 1953 · Finland

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Finlandia 2018 · Shortlist

    Där musiken började

    Title translated by AI:“Where the Music Began”

    Lars Sund · 65 when first published

    Novel · 488 pages · Coming of age

    AI-generated summary:After an international success with an opera, a Finnish composer’s story is traced back to his youth in a pulp-mill port town in Ostrobothnia in the 1960s, 70s and 80s, to a soundtrack of rock music.

  • No English yet

    Finlandia 2003 · Shortlist

    Eriks bok

    Title translated by AI:“Erik's Book”

    Lars Sund · 50 when first published

    Novel · 541 pages · Historical, War · Siklax trilogy, book 3

    AI-generated summary:The Second World War and the Cold War shadow three people from the fictional Ostrobothnian village of Siklax: Erik, forced to leave Finland, who becomes a US soldier and CIA man.