2024 Seppä ja Satumaa (Markus Bäckman)

Smith of Wootton Major

Release Date: 2024.01.02
Reader: Markus Bäckman
Language: Finnish
Translator: Jaakko Kankaanpää, Panu Pekkanen
Organisation: © 2024 WSOY
ISBN: 9789510492789
Duration: 1 hours 15 minutes
Unabridged: Yes
Country: Finland
Licenced: Yes
Formats: Digital

Markus Bäckman is a well-known Finnish musician and voice artist, often recognized as the “voice of Disney” in Finland for his extensive work in dubbing. He has a deep, resonant bass-baritone voice and uses his utilizes his background in musical theatre to navigate the rhythmic prose of the “Little Kingdom.”

Having already recorded Roverandom, Leaf by Niggle, and Letters from Father Christmas, Bäckman brings a practiced, “Tolkienian” gravitas to this reading.

The translation of the title as Seppä ja Satumaa (literally “The Smith and Fairyland/Storyland”) captures the focus on the duality of the Smith’s life.