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Finlandia 2006 · Shortlist
Ikoni
Title translated by AI:“The Icon”
Taina Sampakoski · 49 when first published
Novel · 236 pages · Love
AI-generated summary:In a town in eastern Finland, Nikolai falls in love with Sonja, a painter of icons from Russia, and finds her faith taking hold of him, while her own feelings form as slowly as the icon on her easel.