Loukko by 
Original title: Joutsenlaulu
Author: Johanna Sinisalo
Published: 2025
Publisher: Otava
Genres: Literary Fiction, Fantasy & Science Fiction
Pages: 440
Reading material:
English sample and synopsis, Finnish PDF
The internationally acclaimed author’s masterpiece about the relationships between species and the limits of our senses in a world of hidden secrets
Our near future is different than what we would have expected. When multibillionaires do what they want with their money, the world is changing.
Jane, born in Finland, lives in the United States of America and remotely rescues people from fires and avalanches. When she ends up with a dull-sounding scientific task and is introduced to an AI monitoring birds, she is caught up in an adventure that changes her life and, perhaps, the entire world.
Swan Song is a masterful story about language, consciousness, and how we choose not to see when our own interests and nature are pitted against each other.
“The novel unfolds pulsatingly, piece by piece. -- Sinisalo playfully tightens the bolts on the simulation spirals spun by The Matrix and The Truman Show, teasing out a cascade of clever and captivating ideas. Through this, she begins to define her own position within the literary landscape. Her work resonates with authors like Ursula Le Guin and Kurt Vonnegut, as well as contemporary Finnish writers such as Tiina Raevaara, Laura Gustafsson and Anni Kytömäki. [--] Johanna Sinisalo’s Swan Song is a passionate and beautiful deep dive into the life that surrounds us. It’s a reminder of how much of communication is about the effort to listen and understand one another—regardless of species.”
Arla Kanerva, Helsingin Sanomat newspaper
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