32 min

Home Literature from Finland

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What does "home" mean for us today? In our hectic and confusing modern world, it often seems like one doesn’t even need to experience natural disasters, wars or other terrible misfortunes to feel displaced and lacking of identity. In season's final episode before the summer break, bestselling Finnish author Merja Mäki discusses the trauma of displacement in her debut novel ⁠Before the Birds⁠, as well as the various notions of home.

What does "home" mean for us today? In our hectic and confusing modern world, it often seems like one doesn’t even need to experience natural disasters, wars or other terrible misfortunes to feel displaced and lacking of identity. In season's final episode before the summer break, bestselling Finnish author Merja Mäki discusses the trauma of displacement in her debut novel ⁠Before the Birds⁠, as well as the various notions of home.

32 min