Backlight

Pirkko Saisio (born 1949) is one of Finland''s most celebrated writers as well as an actor and theatre director. The author of numerous novels, plays and scripts for film and television, Saisio has been nominated for the Finlandia Prize seven times, winning it in 2003. She has, among other awards, received the Aleksis Kivi Prize and the State Literature Award.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Pirkko Saisio (born 1949) is one of Finland’s most celebrated writers as well as an actor and theatre director. The author of numerous novels, plays and scripts for film and television, Saisio has been nominated for the Finlandia Prize seven times, winning it in 2003. She has, among other awards, received the Aleksis Kivi Prize and the State Literature Award. Backlight is the second volume in her Helsinki trilogy, preceded by Lowest Common Denominator and followed by The Red Book of Farewells.Mia Spangenberg translates from Finnish, Swedish and German. She is the winner of the Nadia Christensen Prize for her translation of Lowest Common Denominator.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Pirkko Saisio
• Mitarbeit: Mia Spangenberg (Übersetzung)
• Verlag: Penguin Books Uk
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheint: 05.02.2026
• EAN: 9780241730072
• ISBN: 978-0-241-73007-2
• Seiten: 276
• Abmessung: 135 mm x 216 mm x 20 mm
• Serien: The Helsinki Trilogy; Penguin International Writers
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; FICTION / Coming of Age, FICTION / Family Life / General, Switzerland, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Friendship, FICTION / Classics, Helsinki, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), 20th Century, Finland, Memoirs, Fiction in translation, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, FICTION / World Literature / Finland, Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction, Classic fiction: general and literary, coming of age; american literature; marriage; ww2; plays