Notable publications include Pajtim Statovci’s My Cat Yugoslavia, Maria Peura’s coming-of-age novel At the Edge of Light, The Dedalus Book of Finnish Fantasy edited by Johanna Sinisalo, Sinisalo’s eco-thriller Birdbrain, two crime novels by Matti Joensuu, and Kati Hiekkapelto’s Anna Fekete series. The novel is translated from Finnish by David Hackston.ĭavid Hackston is a British translator of Finnish and Swedish literature and drama. He received the 2018 Helsinki Writer of the Year Award.
His first book, My Cat Yugoslavia, won the Helsingin Sanomat Literature Prize for best debut novel and his second, Crossing, won the Toisinkoinen Literature Prize. Crossing will devour you this is some fierce, dazzling, and heartbreaking st NoViolet Bulawayo A novel that dazzles and mesmerizes, and the reader. His first novel, My Cat Yugoslavia, also published by Pushkin Press, won the prestigious Helsingin Sanomat Literature Prize. He is currently a Ph.D candidate at the University of Helsinki. Pajtim Statovci was born in Kosovo in 1990 and moved with his family to Finland when he was two years old. He moved from Kosovo to Finland with his family when he was two years old. The five finalists will be announced October 8th and the winners November 20th. The novel Crossing by Finnish writer Pajtim Statovci is one of nine in the Translated Literature category. The categories are Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, Translated Literature and Young People’s Literature. The National Book Foundation has announced its longlist for the National Book Awards for 2019. by Pajtim Statovci translated by David Hackston RELEASE DATE: ApKosovo-born Finnish novelist Statovci ( My Cat Yugoslavia, 2017) returns with a beguiling story that proves the old adage about not being able to go home againif one has a home at all.
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