Markku Pääskynen

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• Sielut

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  Finlandia 2015 · Shortlist

  Sielut

  AITitle translated by AI:“Souls”

  Markku Pääskynen · 42 when first published

  Novel · 254 pages · Family

  AIAI-generated summary:One early-summer morning a girl named Maija fails to turn up at school in a small town on Lake Saimaa. Her mother waits by the phone while her father searches the town.

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  Finlandia 2006 · Shortlist

  Vihan päivä

  AITitle translated by AI:“Day of Wrath”

  Markku Pääskynen · 33 when first published

  Novel · 117 pages · Family

  AIAI-generated summary:Eliisa, a depressed young mother near Porvoo, knows that her family is sunk in debt and that the bailiff has written, but she cannot bring herself to tell Asko, her hard-working husband.