Lit in Translation

Rosa Liksom

Born 1958 · Finland

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Finlandia 2021 · Shortlist

    Väylä

    Title translated by AI:“The Waterway”

    Rosa Liksom · 63 when first published

    Novel · 266 pages · War, Coming of age, Historical

    AI-generated summary:In September 1944, as tens of thousands flee the destruction of the Lapland War, a village girl separated from her family drives her farm's cattle westward.

  • In English

    Finlandia 2011 · Winner

    Compartment No. 6

    Hytti nro 6

    Rosa Liksom · 53 when first published

    Novel · 181 pages

    AI-generated summary:A young woman travelling across the Soviet Union on the Siberian railway finds herself sharing compartment six with a Russian man.