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Nina Wähä in white shirt with head resting on hand

TRANSLATED EXTRACT

from Babetta by Nina Wähä

'She calls and I come. That’s how it is. That’s how it has always been. She asks me and I do as she says.' Nina Wähä returns with a suggestive novel that explores the complexities of friendship.
Translated by Sarah Death.

Axel Åhman sitting on leather chair with elbows on knees

TRANSLATED STORY

The Sauna Throne by Axel Åhman

At a public swimming pool somewhere in Finland, a young man decides to take a sauna. The ensuing sweaty power struggle is a hilarious, finely tuned exploration of masculinity, linguistic identity and the corrupting nature of power. Translated by D.E. Hurford.