Pirkko Saisio

Praise for Lowest Common Denominator

Playful and profound, Lowest Common Denominator offers a captivating glimpse into twentieth-century Finland through the eyes of a charismatic child narrator. I loved it

Fiona Mozley

Like Annie Ernaux but funny

Irène Bluche, rbbKultur

Long an object of study in Finland, Saisio’s work is beginning to gain more global recognition now, cementing her place in the canon of autofiction that also includes the Nordic writers Karl Ove Knausgaard and Tove ...

Niina Pollari, Los Angeles Review of Books

Playful and profound, Lowest Common Denominator offers a captivating glimpse into twentieth-century Finland through the eyes of a charismatic child narrator. I loved it

Fiona Mozley

Like Annie Ernaux but funny

Irène Bluche, rbbKultur

Long an object of study in Finland, Saisio’s work is beginning to gain more global recognition now, cementing her place in the canon of autofiction that also includes the Nordic writers Karl Ove Knausgaard and Tove ...

Niina Pollari, Los Angeles Review of Books

Playful and profound, Lowest Common Denominator offers a captivating glimpse into twentieth-century Finland through the eyes of a charismatic child narrator. I loved it

Fiona Mozley

Like Annie Ernaux but funny

Irène Bluche, rbbKultur

Long an object of study in Finland, Saisio’s work is beginning to gain more global recognition now, cementing her place in the canon of autofiction that also includes the Nordic writers Karl Ove Knausgaard and Tove ...

Niina Pollari, Los Angeles Review of Books

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