Contributor

Owen F. Witesman

Contributor

Owen F. Witesman

Owen F. Witesman is a professional literary translator with a master’s in Finnish and Estonian from Indiana University. He has translated more than thirty Finnish books into English from a wide range of genres....

His recent and upcoming publications include The Human Part by Kari Hotakainen (MacLehose, 2012); two crime novels by Pekka Hiltunen, Cold Courage (2013, Hesperus) and Black Noise (forthcoming, Hesperus) four mystery novels by Leena Lehtolainen (2012–14, AmazonCrossing), and a YA thriller trilogy by Salla Simukka that debuts this August with As Red as Blood (Hot Key/Skyscape). He currently resides in Springville, Utah, with his wife and three daughters.

Photo © Pekka Piri, 2012

from “Finnhits”

By Kari Hotakainen

It is true that dropping one’s host in the well does not demonstrate much sense of propriety.

Translated from Finnish by Owen F. Witesman

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