COMPARTMENT NUMBER 6

Hytti nro 6 (Compartment Number 6) has been nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize 2013.

Rosa Liksom’s Hytti nro 6 is set during the year 1986, when the Soviet Union is beginning to open up. Two travellers, a girl and a man—a Finnish student and a 40-year-old Russian macho—take the train through Russia towards the mountains of Mongolia.

Rights sold in 13 countries. Available in these counties: Kupé nr 6 (Sweden) ja Coupé no 6 (Holland). Coming soon Abteil Nr. 6 (Germany).

Established in 1984, the Finlandia Prize is the most prestigious literary award in Finland. The winner of the Finlandia Prize for Fiction 2011 is Rosa Liksom, for her novel Hytti no 6 ('Compartment number 6’).