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A Pair of Haunting New Scandinavian Novels

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As the chill settles over Washington, we’re turning up the hygge with two Scandinavian novels set at sea, from the fjords of Norway to imperial-era Helsinki.

Beasts of the Sea: A Novel

Iida Turpeinen, trans. David Hackston (Little, Brown and Company, 288 pp., $28, November 2025)

As the chill settles over Washington, we’re turning up the hygge with two Scandinavian novels set at sea, from the fjords of Norway to imperial-era Helsinki.

Beasts of the Sea: A Novel

Iida Turpeinen, trans. David Hackston (Little, Brown and Company, 288 pp., $28, November 2025) The boo

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