Contemporary fiction books set in Finland (8)
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Fishing for the Little Pike by Juhani Karila EN
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Winner of the Jarkko Laine Literature Prize In the utterly original, genre-defying, English-language debut of Finnish author Juhani Karila, a young woman's annual pilgrimage to her home in Lapland to catch an elusive pike in three days is complicated by a host of mythical creatures, a murder detective hot on her trail, and a deadly curse hanging over her head. When Elina makes her annual summer pilgrimage to her remote family farm in Lapland, she has three days to catch the pike in a local pond or she and the love of her life will both die. This year her task is made more difficult by the inte... continue
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Things that Fall From the Sky by Selja Ahava EN
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WINNER OF THE 2016 EU PRIZE FOR LITERATURE One quirk of fate can send life spiralling in the most unexpected direction... A young girl loses her mother when a block of ice falls from the sky. A woman wins the jackpot twice. A man is struck by lightning four times. Coincidence? Or something more? Things That Fall from the Sky is the tale of three lives that are changed forever by random events. But it is also a meditation on the endurance of love, the passage of time and the pain of loss. Selja Ahava, one of Finland's best-loved novelists, weaves these stories together in an unforgettable, one-... continue
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Troll : A Love Story by Johanna Sinisalo EN
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Returning to his apartment, Angel finds a group of drunken teenagers taunting a wounded troll, so Angel decides to take him in, a decision that changes Angel's life forever.
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The Core of the Sun by Johanna Sinisalo EN
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In a society where women are created to be subservient breeders, Vanna, who is secretly intelligent, teams up with Jare to rescue her sister by illegally trafficking chilli peppers, coming across a strange religious cult in the process.
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Für eine schlechte Überraschung gut by Arto Paasilinna DE
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Winter 1942. Finnland und die Sowjetunion befinden sich im Krieg. Zwei sowjetische Soldaten, Savolenko und Kunitsjin, werden in den finnischen Wäldern ausgesetzt. Ihr Spionage-Auftrag, geplant als Heldeneinsatz im Feindesland, entwickelt sich jedoch zu einem skurrilen Abenteuer. Auf ihrem Marsch durch die Winterlandschaft haben sie überraschende Begegnungen: mit einer verführerischen Apothekerin, einem trinkfreudigen Bauern und einem müden Militärpferd. Viel Stoff für einen kurzweiligen Roman aus Finnland!
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‘This book is stunning, phenomenal, wow.’ Cecelia Ahern, author of P.S. I Love You WINNER OF THE FINLANDIA PRIZE Seven women meet in a white, undefined space seconds after their deaths Time, as we understand it, has ceased to exist, and all bodily sensations have disappeared. None of the women can remember what happened to them, where they are, or how they got there. They don’t know each other. In turn they try to remember, to piece together the fragments of their lives, their identities, their lost loves, and to pinpoint the moment they left their former lives behind. Deftly playing with genr... continue
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