Nordic Council Literature Prize ほくおうひょうぎかいぶんがくしょう
Edition 49 (2009)
Literature prizeInternational Literature PrizeNordic Literature
Winners
1 peopleA quietly introspective novel about father-son relationships and the weight of the past. It lyrically shows how earlier events cast shadows into the present, exploring loss, reconciliation, and the burden of time.
Past events quietly cast shadows over the present.
256 pages
familymemorylossthe passage of time