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Finlandia Prize ふぃんらんでぃあしょう

Edition 19 (2002)

Fiction (novels)Nonfiction (factual and specialist books)Children's and young adult literature

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One of Kari Hotakainen’s signature works. Pursuing the Finnish dream of owning a house, it unsettles family life, obsession, masculinity, and social respectability.

The dream of buying a house unsettles family and obsession.

334 pages
novelfamilyhousingobsessionsocial satire