Caesura by Marisha Rasi-Koskinen has been nominated for the Tähtivaeltaja Award.
Wonderful news for our author Marisha Rasi-Koskinen: her latest novel Caesura is running for the Tähtivaeltaja (litt. “Star Wanderer”) Award, an award given on a yearly basis by the Helsinki Science Fiction Association to the best work of speculative or science fiction published in the previous year.
The jury have motivated the nomination as follows: [Caesura is] “a sharp-eyed and deeply philosophical tale about an android built in the image of a human who finds connection to others like them, but not to people. The story of the android named QED starts in an abandoned railway station, and the reasons for which they ended up there are unveiled through a multi-layered narration. This masterful work that deals with the themes of gnosiology, humanity, and the rights of different species shows how the artificial mind is built and what consequences it has for mankind”. Caesura is running for the award along with four other titles. The winner will be announced in spring 2026.
Caesura is an exploration of humanness through the eyes of the other. With strong psychological and philosophical undertones and an eerie atmosphere it ponders the essential questions of humanity in the age of AI, reminiscent of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun.
Marisha Rasi-Koskinen is an award-winning author with an original voice and an exceptional world building skill. Her last novel REC (2020) was awarded the Runeberg Prize and the Torch-Bearer Prize. Caesura is her sixth adult novel. She has a background in psychology and her novels tend to bend the boundaries of reality, consciousness and self.
Congratulations to the author, and fingers crossed!