What a start for literary awards season as Cristina Sandu’s The Union of Synchronised Swimmers (in Finnish Veileikit) is one of the three novels shortlisted for the Toisinkoinen Literary Prize, awarded for second novels. Our warmest congrats to the author!
Earlier this year Toisinkoinen’s blog review highlighted that:
“The chapters of the novel have an astonishingly subtle and thoughtful dialogue…Sandu’s novel should be read in slow-pace, sensing the mood and questions and opportunities in between the lines…this noveI is about destinies that share a joint feeling of longing and yearning. Cristina Sandu has once again written a piece that proves her great talent.”
The annual prize is presented by a panel of Finnish literature students at the University of Helsinki. This year the winner will be announced on October 22nd at a live stream event.