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Longing for Mars / Marsin ikävä

The incomparable debut collection from the Finnish science fiction guru. M. G. Soikkeli belongs to the absolute top names in new Finnish science fiction literature. The most notable Finnish sci-fi...

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Strange Love / Outoa rakkautta

Turbator/Pelipeitto Oy, 2008 By Kirsti Ellilä Read an excerpt. From the Burning Bridge Agency project: Romantic horror stories Kirsti Ellilä’s (b. 1958) short stories will be a surprise to readers who...

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12 Samples — More Details to Come

I’m behind on updates, so I’m going to list work here that I need to create individual entries for later. Contact me for the actual samples if I haven’t posted them yet. Samples: Laittomat [Outside the...

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Tatu and Patu as Superheroes! / Tatu ja Patu Supersankareina

Otava, 2010. By Aino Havukainen and Sami Toivonen From Otava.fi: Super fast, super fun, super weird! Super oddballs Tatu and Patu kick off their new, fantastic Incredible Adventures series! Tatu thinks...

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Death of the Bear / Karhun Kuolema

Tammi, 2010 From the Ahlbäck Agency foreign rights guide: A lyrical, down-to-earth story of family members painfully searching for their place in this world. A ballad of unrequited love. “The bear...

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The Book of Angels / Enkelten kirja

Tammi, 2010 By Markku Pääskynen From the Elina Ahlbäck Agency rights guide: A young father’s stunningly intensely depicted trial of strength in a time of difficulty Markku Pääskynen’s Book of Angels is...

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Worms / Torajyvät

Photo: Mikko Lehtimäki From the Tammi/Elina Ahlbäck Agency Rights Guide: Worms is an intensely emotional tale of the long shadows cast by the past and atonement for irreversible deeds. It is also a...

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Towers / Tornit

Tammi, 2009. by Jyrki Vainonen From the Tammi/Elina Ahlbäck Agency Rights Guide: A unique story of death, revenge and atonement from a true Master of Surprise. The Towers is a perceptive and...

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The Oven / Uuni

The Oven by Antti Hyry Winner of the 2009 Finlandia Prize for Literature. A man builds a brick oven and ponders life. Events come and go, the bricks rise and remain. “He started to remember a model, an...

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Where Have All the Young Girls Gone / Minne tytöt kadonneet

Leena Lehtolainen Tammi, 2010. By Leena Lehtolainen. A complete translation is of this novel is now available. Please contact me or the Elina Ahlbäck Agency for more information if you are an...

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The Liquor Card / Viinakortti

Tammi, 2010 by Sami Hilvo From the Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency: A bold, beautiful story of World War II Finland and a love that does not find acceptance in the world around it. Mikael arrives at his...

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Over Dark Waters / Tumman veden päällä

Tammi, 2010 by Peter Franzén From the Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency: A touching and finely tuned growing up story set in northern Finland. For children, every day brings something new and amazing. It...

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The Book about Sports / Urheilukirja

WSOY, 2011 by Tuomas Kyrö From Books from Finland: We Are the Champions Heroes are still in demand, in sports at least. In his new book, author Tuomas Kyrö examines the glorious past and the slightly...

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The Blue Phantom / Sininen aave

Tammi, 2011 by Tapani Bagge From the Elina Ahlbäck Agency: The year is 1940. Detective Sergeant Mujunen, familiar to readers of White Heat, is swept up in a new, more poignant chain of events. Mujunen,...

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Comics from Turku

What happens to you in hell if your last name really is Bastard? Can’t a fox girl living in the human world catch a break? Do you really have to slow down in your eighties? These and many more...

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You Can’t Tell About It / Siitä ei voi kertoa

Atena, 2003 by Tiina Pihlajamäki It doesn’t matter where the war happened, who the opposing forces were, or what justifications were given. After the dust settles, after the dead are removed, the work...

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The Sands of Sarasvati / Sarasvatin hiekkaa

The Sands of Sarasvati by Risto Isomäki, 2005 Risto Isomäki I grabbed The Sands of Sarasvati off the shelf as soon as I saw it in 2005, immediately devoured it, and then went looking for more from the...

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Essays on Desire and Doubt / Halun ja epäluulon esseet

Essays on Desire and Doubt by Antti Nylén Antti Nylén From the Burning Bridge Literary Agency: Antti Nylén (s.1973) is an essayist and translator specializing in 19th century French literature.  He has...

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The Cinematic Life: A Novel by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen

Harjukaupungin salakäytävät by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen The Cinematic Life: A Novel [Harjukaupungin salakäytävät] by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen Ateena, 2010 Speculative fiction author Pasi Ilmari...

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Nonfiction 2011

I recently completed a series of non-fiction samples as part of an initiative by the Finnish Literature Exchange FILI. See the FILI brochure about the project here. From the brochure: In Finland, over...

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