Books in English

Kotimaisten kirjojen ja käännöskirjojen lisäksi luen paljon muilla kielillä. Eniten englanniksi, toiseksi eniten espanjaksi ja myös silloin tällöin ranskaksi ja italiaksi. Tältä sivulta löydät kootusti kaikki blogissa käsitellyt englanninkieliset kirjat. Arviot on kirjoitettu suomeksi, mutta keväästä 2024 alkaen olen alkanut lisätä niihin tiivistelmän englanniksi. Toivottavasti siitä on iloa niille sivukävijöille, jotka eksyvät kiinnostavan kirjan perässä tänne Suomen ulkopuolelta.

In addition to Finnish books and books translated into Finnish, I read a lot in other languages. Mostly in English, second most in Spanish and also occasionally in French and Italian. On this page you will find all the English-language books covered on the blog. The reviews are written in Finnish, but from spring 2024 onwards I have started to include a summary in English. I hope that it will be useful for those visitors who wander in from outside Finland in search of an interesting book.

Books in English

Luke Kennard: Black Bag

30/09/2026

If you met anyone as whiny, as disobliging and egocentric as the average narrator of a novel in real life you’d find them unbearable. You’d give them about five minutes before you excused yourself…
Muriel Spark: The Takeover

23/09/2026

’In our country it’s difficult to get rid of tenants,’ Emilio said, not anxious to take the landlady’s part against a tenant so near at hand. ’Very difficult indeed.’’He pays no rent,’ Maggie said.…
Shida Bazyar: The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran

02/09/2026

Mama cried, and it was really loud, and then I thought that’s almost too loud for me to pretend I haven’t heard it now. I was all geared up to go to her, though…
Ann Patchett: Whistler

16/08/2026

All of this transpired quietly; no one turned to watch life’s drama unpacked in the gallery, but still I made a sound. I put my hand to my mouth to stop it, but it…
Ben Lerner: Transcription

02/08/2026

”This was a turning point, this broke things open. That afternoon Adelle and I had a lunch date, and I confessed to her all that I’d said the night before. She was livid, furious,…
Douglas Stuart: John of John

17/07/2026

”So you’ve no work and no woman to show for it?” John could be blunt like this, not born from a meanness of spirit, but from a desire to speak the economical truth.Cal hesitated.…
Elizabeth Strout: The Things We Never Say

01/07/2026

As he walked slowly up to the bedroom, he thought that now, after all these years, he was finally becoming a grownup. What did he mean by that? That he was finally beginning to…
Lucy Worsley: Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman

22/06/2026

Agatha shattered the twentieth century’s rules for women. Females of her generation and social class were supposed to be slender, earn nothing, blindly adore their numerous children and constantly give themselves to others. The…

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Luke Kennard: Black Bag

Muriel Spark: The Takeover

Shida Bazyar: The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran

Ann Patchett: Whistler

Ben Lerner: Transcription

Douglas Stuart: John of John

Elizabeth Strout: The Things We Never Say

Lucy Worsley: Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman

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