STRANGE, isn't it? Such a thin book like this can win a lot of prizes," said the author of Raumanen, Marianne Katoppo, who could not understand what had made this 95-page book win a lot of awards. A psychic friend of hers said Marianne herself did not quite know what she had written in the book. Literary critics, however, considered she had successfully presented an intelligent narrative while at the same time delving into the psychologi