Birdbrain
ABOUT
THE BOOK
A young Finnish couple go on the hiking trip of a lifetime in Australasia with Heart of Darkness as reading material. The trip gradually turns into a tortuous thriller with belongings disappearing and, even more mysteriously, reappearing. The travellers come to be at the mercy of untamed nature. Birdbrain reveals the dark side of the explorer’s desire: the insatiable need to control, to invade and leave one’s mark on the landscape. But what happens when nature starts to fight back?
ABOUT
THE TRANSLATOR David
Hackston
David Hackston is a British translator of Finnish and Swedish literature and drama. Notable publications include Laura Lindstedt’s My Friend Natalia, Petra Rautiainen’s WWII thriller Land of Snow and Ashes, and Kari Hukkila’s One Thousand and One. In 2020 he was awarded the Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize for his translation of Pajtim Statovci’s Crossing.
David Hackston is a British translator of Finnish and Swedish literature and drama. Notable publications include Laura Lindstedt’s My Friend Natalia, Petra Rautiainen’s WWII thriller Land of Snow and Ashes, and Kari Hukkila’s One Thousand and One. In 2020 he was awarded the Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize for his translation of Pajtim Statovci’s Crossing.