What are we reading here in the Nordics? Are there any tendencies or trends in Nordic literature?
Language: Swedish and Norwegian.
Why are the Icelandic writers so nostalgic? Why does Norwegians always write about troubled family affaires, Danes about individuals who are kind of lost, Swedes about the difficulties with identity and Finns about accepting one’s destiny? What about the Greenlanders, Sami, Ålanders and the Faroese? Is it at all possible to place Nordic Literature into one set category?
We are going to discuss these and other questions in Elissa at the Nordic House on Friday 27th of February. Salomon Hellman will be with us from Helsinki and share his thoughts on how the nominated books will be welcomed by the readers in Finland and look at the similarities with earlier nominees. Followed by a conversation between Yukiko Duke and Halla Þórlaug Óskarsdóttir moderated by Silje Beite Løken.