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RIGHTS GUIDE • SPRING 2016 • FICTION
FINLANDIA PRIZE WINNERS
FINLANDIA
PR I ZE
W I N N ER S
ONEIR ON BY L AURA L I NDST E DT
The literary phenomenon about global womanhood, life and death
“When I started reading the novel and I experienced the intensity of Lindstedt’s writing, the suspenseful
atmosphere she creates from the very beginning, I understood I was facing a “chef-d’oeuvre”. Her capacity
to combine a fascinating story while building a reflection on the meaning of life and death is astonishing.”
MARIE-PIERRE GRACEDIEU, GALLIMARD
RIGHTS SOLD
Oneiron
Finlandia prize winner 2015 with 50,000 copies sold!
FINLAND, Teos (Original publisher)
BULGARIA, Faber
CZECH REPUBLIC, Argo
DENMARK, Rosinante
FRANCE, Gallimard
HUNGARY, Scolar
ITALY, Elliot Edizioni
LITHUANIA, Versus Aureus
NORWAY, Forlaget Oktober
ROMANIA, Editura Paralela 45
SWEDEN, Norstedts
WORLD ENGLISH, Oneworld
“We are thrilled to secure a second Finlandia prize-winner. This is a novel
to love, from Lindstedt’s richly drawn characters and exquisite prose to her
clever range of narrative devices and complex plotting, throughout which
she threads her subtle power games and metaphysical questions. A brilliant
second novel from a rising star, it will be a very welcome addition to our
growing list of literary translations.”
– JULIET MABEY, PUBLISHER, ONEWORLD PUBLICATIONS
Scissors
FINLAND, Teos (Original publisher)
DENMARK, Turbine
R E A D I NG M AT E R I A L
O N E IR ON
Oneiron
(Oneiron, Teos 2015, 400 pp.)
S E V E N W O M E N meet in a white,
English sample
English synopsis
Finnish edition
undefined space seconds after their
deaths:
Scissors
ARTIST
Shlomith from New York, chief accountant Polina from Moscow, heart
transplant patient Rosa Imaculada
from Brazil, pregnant upper-crust Nina
of Marseilles, cancer patient Wlbgis
from the Netherlands, aspiring model
Maimuna from Senegal and Austrian
teenager Ulrike have all ended up in an
empty, blank space. Time, as we understand it, has ceased to exist, and all bodily sensations seem to have disappeared.
PRIZES
Oneiron
© Teos
Finlandia Prize 2015
Toisinkoinen Prize 2015
Nominated for the Runeberg Prize 2015
Scissors
Nominated for the Finlandia Prize 2007
Nominated for the Helsingin Sanomat
Literature Prize 2007
LAURA LINDSTEDT
Laura Lindstedt is the winner of the Finlandia Prize 2015, the country’s most
prestigious literary honor. Her second novel (Oneiron, Teos 2015) is a work of
speculative fiction that takes place in the mysterious moments following one’s death.
Laura Lindstedt became a critical darling already in 2007 with her adoption-themed
debut novel Scissors (Sakset, Teos 2007), which earned her a nomination for the Finlandia
Prize. She is currently revising her Ph.D. thesis on the French author Nathalie Sarraute.
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PERFORMANCE
English sample
Danish edition
Finnish edition
FINLANDIA
PR I ZE
W I N N ER S
TH EY KNOW NOT W HAT THE Y DO BY J USSI VALTO N E N
Jonathan Franzen meets Brave New World by way of David Mitchell!
Finlandia Prize winner with 100,000 copies sold!
“Jussi Valtonen delivers a captivating story by mixing psychology with science and human relationships”
– HEBBAN.NL
“Jussi Valtonen’s work is ambitious, moving and fresh in the way it regards some of the major issues of our
societies.”
- SOPHIE DE CLOSETS, PRÉSIDENT DIRECTEUR GÉNÉRAL, FAYARD, FRANCE
“Contemporary literature simply doesn’t get better than this. A stunning work.”
- JUKKA PETÄJÄ, HELSINGIN SANOMAT NEWSPAPER, “CRITICS’ FAVOURITES 2014″
RIGHTS SOLD
TH EY KNOW NOT
WH AT THEY D O
They Know Not What They Do
FINLAND, Tammi (Original
publisher)
CZECH REPUBLIC, Leda
FRANCE, Fayard
GERMANY, Piper Verlag
HUNGARY, Cser Publishing
LITHUANIA, Alma Littera
NETHERLANDS, Signatuur/
A.W. Bruna
POLAND, Foksal
VIETNAM, Chibooks
WORLD ENGLISH, Oneworld
(He eivät tiedä mitä tekevät, Tammi 2014, 559 pp.)
© Signatuur/A.W. Bruna
W H E N Professor Joe Chayefski’s neuroscience lab in Baltimore is attacked by animal
rights activists, he doesn’t connect the dots
at first. But when he receives a phone call
from Alina, his Finnish ex-wife, he begins
to realize that the threats on his career and
new family may be connected to Samuel, the
son he left behind in Finland two decades
ago. Samuel’s life appears having gone badly
astray, and he has devoted himself to extreme
animal activism. Joe has to take action to
protect his wife and two daughters from his
estranged son, by any means necessary.
READING
M AT E R I A L
English manuscript
Dutch edition
Finnish edition
PRIZES
Finlandia Prize 2014
Second place, Bonnier novel
competition 2007
Jussi Valtonen an author and psychologist, has studied neuropsychology in the U.S and screenwriting in the UK. He has also worked as a science reporter. Valtonen has written three novels
and a short story collection. Carried by Wings (Siipien kantamat, Tammi 2007) was given second
place in Bonnier’s novel competition. In 2014 Valtonen became a household name with They
Know Not What They Do which won the Finlandia Prize and became the highest-selling and most
talked-about Finnish novel of 2014.
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J U S S I VA LT O N E N
FINLANDIA
PR I ZE
W I N N ER S
THE R ED ABB E Y C HRO NI C L E S
BY M AR IA T URTSC HANI NO FF
The haunting and lyrical fable set in a community of women gathers rave
reviews around the world
The first book in a very unusual fantasy/fairytale trilogy, bristling with feminism, inner darkness and intellectual questions’
- SALLY MORRIS, THE DAILY MAIL
“It’s hard not to be impressed with Turtschaninoff’s magical world”
- ALEX O’CONNELL, THE TIMES
“The novel is at once contemporary and timeless. Its unwavering feminism is resolutely modern, resonating with a range of texts from Ursula Le
Guin’s 2001 Tales from Earthsea to Disney’s Frozen. At the same time, it feels authentically ancient and mythic.”
-THE GUARDIAN
Winner of the Finlandia
Junior Prize 2014!
RI G H TS S OLD
M ar e s i
M A R E S I , B OOK I
(Schildts & Söderströms, 2014, 180 pp.)
T H E R E D A B B E Y is a refuge for women
and girls, where everyone pursues their own areas of interest. Maresi prefers to spend her time
reading and learning. Everything changes when
the frightened Jai arrives on the island. She has
seen her sister get buried alive for speaking to a
young man, and her father and a crew of thugs
are after her. Maresi and her friends have to
fight to defend both Jai and their community.
F I NLAND, Sc h i l dt s & Söd e rs t rö m s
(O ri gi n a l p u bl i s h e r)
BELGI UM, Cl av i s
CANADA (Fre n c h ), Ed i t i on s d e L a B ag n o le
CHI NA (Si m p l i f i e d), Sh a n gh a i 99 ( 3- b o ok- de al)
DENMARK, Tu rbi n e
F I NLAND (F i n n i s h ), Ta m m i (3 - b o ok- de al)
F RANCE, Ed i t i on s Ra ge ot (2 - bo ok- de al)
GERMANY, Ra n d om Hou se / Hey n e
I TALY, At m osp h e re Li bri (3 - book- de al)
NETHERLANDS, Cl av i s
ROMANI A, Ed i t u ra Un i ve rs
SW EDEN, Be rgh s
TURKEY, Al t i n Ki t a p l a r
UNI TED KI NGDOM, P u s h k i n P ress ( 3- b o ok- de al)
UNI TED STATES, Abra m s (3 - bo ok- de al)
R E A D I NG M AT E R I A L
Mare si, B ook I
English edition
Swedish edition
Finnish edition
N aon d e l, B ook II
Swedish manuscript (not final)
English synopsis
NAOND E L , B O O K I I
U n title d III
(Förlaget 2016)
English synopsis
AN
INDEPENDENT
PREQ U E L T O M A R E S I , Naondel
tells the story of the First Sisters,
founders of the Red Abbey, who meet
while imprisoned in a harem run by
Ishkan, a dangerous and narcissistic
young man who has obtained access
to the well of Anji, a source of power
in the region. By banding together in
spite of initial mistrust, the women
are able to flee Ishkan’s harem.
UNT I T LE D , B OOK I I I
(Förlaget, 2017)
T H E S E Q U E L T O M A R E S I (book III)
will tell the story of what happens to Maresi after
she leaves the Red Abbey – both the difficulties
she encounters as she struggles to set up a school
in the oppressed province of Rovas and the prejudices she has to overcome.
PRIZES
Finlandia Junior Prize 2014
Swedish YLE Literature Prize 2014
Nominated for the Nordic Council
Children and Young People’s
Literature Prize 2015
Nominated for the Astrid Lindgren
Memorial Award 2014
Society of Swedish Literature Prize
2013 and 2010
Nominated for the Finlandia Junior
Prize 2009
Maria Turtschaninoff is known for crafting lyrical, historically inspired fantasy stories starring
strong female protagonists. In addition to J.R.R. Tolkien, she counts Philip Pullman, Ursula
K. Le Guin and C.S. Lewis among her favorite authors. She is a two-time winner of the Society
of Swedish Literature Prize, a nominee for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, and winner
of the 2014 Finlandia Junior Prize.
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Photo © Karin Lindroos
MARIA TURTSCHANINOFF
AWA R D
W I N N ER S
L OVE/M ONST E R BY SA ARA TURUNE N
The prize-winning debut novel about the search for love and meaning by
the acclaimed playwright!
“Saara Turunen has created an Odyssey that feels updated, smartly localized, and told from a female perspective.”
- HELSINGIN SANOMAT LITERATURE PRIZE JURY 2015
L OVE / M O NST E R
(Rakkaudenhirviö, Tammi 2015, 441 pp.)
S A A R A T U R U N E N ’ S N O V E L is partially set in the world of theater, and
gives a voice to a whole generation of people who feel without a home, for one
reason or another. One’s childhood home, a safe environment in itself, feels suffo­
cating. And so she escapes and tries to find her place in the world, but the only
thing she finds is her own shadow, the feeling of worthlessness, and the inability
to love herself.
Love/Monster is the story of a woman who tends to change places hoping that
happiness would hide behind the next corner. She has to go a long way before
realizing that escaping won’t bring satisfaction.
“When I started writing Love/Monster, I was most interested in tackling Finnishness and
my conflicted relationship with it, perhaps best described as loathing. What do you do if
you hate your country? I wrote on a piece of paper. What if you hate yourself, too?
I also wanted to write about mother-ness; like home, mother signifies concepts that reach
beneath the surface. In my novel, mother refers not only to the protagonist’s mother, to a
psychological explanation for the world to which everything always returns. As both concept and character, mother is instead the homeland’s heart and soul, the force that creates
the ambiance inside the home…” - SAARA TURUNEN
RIGHTS SOLD
Finland, Tammi (Original publisher)
R E A D I NG M AT E R I A L
English sample
English synopsis
Finnish edition
PRIZES
Helsingin Sanomat Literature Prize 2015
Saara Turunen is an author, playwright, and director. Her plays have garnered brilliant reviews
and drawn international attention. Turunen’s plays have been translated into 12 languages and
performed in several countries. She is known for her bold and direct style, and much of her
work examines the themes of art, gender identity and femininity. Her debut novel Love/Monster
(Rakkaudenhirviö, Tammi 2015) won the Helsingin Sanomat Literature Prize, a high-profile award
given annually to an outstanding debut novel in Finland.
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SAARA TURUNEN
AWA R D
W I N N ER S
AL ONE BY KARO HÄM ÄL ÄI NE N
A novel about the best long distance runner of all time who was a solitary man
hiding behind his tough exterior
“Hämäläinen creates a psychologically delicate and sad portrayal of a man who is pushed forward by the manic hate of
losing.”
-MARKKU JOKISIPILÄ, SUOMEN KUVALEHTI, THE BOOKS OF THE YEAR
“Karo Hämäläinen creates an image of the top athlete as a tough tactician, but also as an extremely strict ascetic.”
-THE SAVONIA PRIZE JURY
“The novel Alone is skillfully built around the myth of Paavo Nurmi. Hämäläinen’s laconic rhythm works excellently and is very
Nurmi-like. The novel conveys the author’s deep understanding of its core themes: long-distance running, business, and one’s solitude.”
-THE BEST SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR JURY
AL O NE
(Yksin, WSOY 2015, 238 pp.)
A L O N E I S P S Y C H O L O G I C A L L Y precise portrait
of a top athlete, who had a burning will to succeed and
a manic hatred of losing. He raced against his inner demons to meet the high standards he had set for himself, and
achieved everything in life — except for one thing. Alone is
a story of loneliness and unrequited love.
Karo Hämäläinen’s award-winning novel is loosely based
on the life story of the greatest distance runner of all times,
“the Flying Finn” Paavo Nurmi, who ran his way to the
top of the world in the 1920s. It reads as a literary novel set
against the backdrop of the rapidly industrializing Finland
of the 20th century, echoing “Running” by Jean Echenoz.
RIGHTS SOLD
Alone
FINLAND, WSOY
Cruel Is the Night
FINLAND, WSOY (Original Publisher)
FRANCE, Actes Sud
ITALY, Newton Compton
WORLD ENGLISH, Soho Press
R E A D I NG M AT E R I A L
Alone
English sample
English synopsis
Finnish edition
Cruel Is the Night
English edition
German sample
Russian sample
PRIZES
Karo Hämäläinen has 16-year background as an economic reporter and has two passions: literature and stock market. He likes running: his record marathon time is 3:04:04. Karo Hämäläinen’s
latest book Alone (Yksin, WSOY 2015) has been awarded both the Savonia Prize 2016, and the
Best Sports Book of the Year 2015. He works as the managing editor of Parnasso, Finland’s bestknown literary publication. His first thriller, The Buyout (2011) was a critical darling, while Cruel
is the Night (2013) is a literary thriller combining elements from classic whodunits, relationship
dramas and dark comedies.
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KARO HÄMÄLÄINEN
Savonia Prize 2016 (Alone)
Best Sports Book of the Year, 2015 (Alone)
Tampere Literary Prize 2012
Savonia Prize nominee 2011
Finlandia Junior Prize nominee, 2012
AWA R D
W I N N ER S
D ETR OIT BY KAT RI L I P SO N
A tragic story about unrequited love in the world of NHL by Finland’s
literary master
Harrowing story of guilt, broken friendships and secrets with destructive power
DE TRO I T
(Detroit, Tammi 2016, 375 pp.)
I N A D E T R O I T ice-hockey rink the
© Tammi
19-year-old rising star of NHL, Timothy,
is violently checked: he paralyzes from the
neck down. When he wakes up in a hospital bed, everyone wants to know why he did
not react. He saw it coming, didn’t he? Fans,
the media, lawyers and insurance companies
begin to scrutinize the details of the incident in order to find out the real truth. A
year later, Timothy’s former teammate and
best friend Nathan still hasn’t visited the
rehabilitation center Timothy now lives in.
Kicked out of the team, Nathan now spends
his days drinking in the bought company of
the blind striptease performer Janet. This all
interests Coyote, the journalist hunting for a
scoop. He is the only one with a clue of why
Timothy looked away.
RIGHTS SOLD
The Ice Cream Man
FINLAND, Tammi (Original publisher)
ALBANIA, Fan Noli
BULGARIA, Perseus
CZECH, Argo
DENMARK, Jensen & Dalgaard
ESTONIA, Varrak
GEORGIA, Elf
HUNGARY, Typotex
MACEDONIA, Bata Press
SERBIA, Kontrast izdavaštvo
TURKEY, Nemesis
WORLD ENGLISH, AmazonCrossing
Cosmonaut
FINLAND, Tammi (Original publisher)
CZECH, Argo
DENMARK, Jensen & Dalgaard
R E A D I NG M AT E R I A L
Detroit
English sample
English synopsis
Finnish edition
The Ice Cream Man
English edition
Czech edition
German sample
Finnish edition
PRIZES
© AmazonCrossing
© Argo
© Jensen & Dalgaard
EU Prize for Literature 2013 (The Ice-Cream Man)
Helsingin Sanomat Literature Prize 2008 (Cosmonaut)
Nominated for the Finlandia Prize 2008 (Cosmonaut)
Katri Lipson has a degree in medicine from Uppsala University in Sweden. She worked as a
doctor in Africa in 1996, and today works in the occupational health sector in Finland. As
an author her sources of inspiration are the Russian masters as well as Kafka, Woolf, Mann
and Duras. She has been praised for her astute psychological insight and versatility with
voice. Lipson was one of 12 winners of the 2013 European Union Prize for Literature that
recognizes new or emerging authors throughout Europe.
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Photo © Veikko Somerpuro
K AT R I L I P S O N
I NT E R NAT I O NA L LY
ACCLA I MED
AWA R D
W I N N ER S
TH E C OR E OF THE SUN BY J O HANNA SI NI SAL O
Sex, drugs and bureaucracy in an Orwellian society
RIGHTS SOLD
Iron Sky: Renate’s Story
“Johanna’s Sinisalo’s dystopian The Core of the Sun is a stunningly evocative novel about the great literary
theme of identity, brilliantly rendering the complex struggle between society’s norms, our innate personal qualities, and the transformative substances of the physical world. Sex, drugs, and bureaucracy: what could be more
compelling?”
—ROBERT OLEN BUTLER, AUTHOR OF HELL
The Core Of The Sun
FINLAND, Teos
CZECH REPUBLIC, Euromedia
FRANCE, Actes Sud
GERMANY, Klett-Cotta
WORLD ENGLISH, Grove Atlantic
The Blood Of Angels
“The novel builds a fascinating story centered on gender politics.”
— THE WASHINGTON POST
“The novel creates an impressively detailed and extremely frightening world. Written with wit and grace, easily
luring the reader into taking its characters, politics, and striking story to heart.”
— KIRKUS REVIEW (STARRED REVIEW)
“The Core of the Sun is a brilliant example of how [Sinisalo’s] writing ignores both genre boundaries and
reader expectations, combining a grim dystopian setting with almost mystical appreciation for – of all things –
really hot chilli peppers.”
— CHICAGO TRIBUNE
THE COR E O F T HE SUN
(Auringon ydin, Teos 2013, 340 pp.)
U.S. edition published by Grove Atlantic in January 2016!
A C A P T I V A T I N G A N D W I T T Y speculative satire of a
Handmaid’s Tale–esque welfare state, called the Eusistocratic Republic of Finland, where women are either breeders or outcasts,
addicts chase the elusive high of super-hot chili peppers, and one
woman is searching for her missing sister.
FINLAND, Teos
WORLD ENGLISH, Peter Owen
FRANCE, Actes Sud
POLAND, Foksal
Birdbrain
FINLAND, Teos
FRANCE, Actes Sud
NORWAY, Vega
UK, Peter Owen
Not Before Sundown/Troll: A Love Story
FINLAND, Tammi
ALBANIA, Dituria
BRAZIL, Devir
BULGARIA, Perseus
CZECH REPUBLIC, One Woman Press
FRANCE, Actes Sud
GERMANY, Klett-Cotta/Tropen
JAPAN, Sunmark
LATVIA, Atena
LITHUANIA, Vaga
POLAND, Terytoria
RUSSIA, Amphora
SLOVENIA, Modrijan
SPAIN, Poliedro
SWEDEN, Wahlstrom & Widstrand
UK, Peter Owen
U.S, Grove Atlantic
R E A D I NG M AT E R I A L
I RO N SKY: R ENATE’S STO RY
(WSOY/Johnny Kniga, 2017)
T H E N O V E L is based on earlier versions of the original Iron Sky
© Iron Sky Univers
e
screenplay, and on the background research conducted by author
Johanna Sinisalo, who led the film’s original story team. The novel
will be launched simultaneously with the premiere of Iron Sky: The
Coming Race in 2017. Renate’s Story is a completely independent
work and contains pitch-black humor narrating the ways in which
its main character, Renate Richter, raised on the National Socialist
values of the 1940s, sees the cultures and habits of the Planet Earth.
JOHANNA SINISALO
Johanna Sinisalo is the queen of “Finnish Weird,” and a master of literary speculative fiction.
She is one of Finland’s most successful and acclaimed authors with a passionate international fan
following. Praised by readers and critics alike, she has won several literary prizes, among them
the Finlandia Prize and the James Tiptree, Jr. Award. Johanna Sinisalo is the author of the novels
Troll: A Love Story, Birdbrain, and The Blood of Angels. Her works have been translated into
nineteen languages.
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Iron Sky: Renate’s Story
English synopsis
Finnish manuscript (September 2016)
The Core of the Sun
English edition
Czech edition,
German edition
The Blood of Angels
English edition
French edition
Polish edition
PRIZES
Finlandia Prize 2000
James Tiptree, Jr. Award 2004
Nominated for the Nebula Awards 2008
P. E. Svinhufvud Award 2011
The Young Aleksis Kivi Prize 2007, 2012
Nominated for the Prix Escapades 2012
Photo © Teos / Katja Lösönen 2013
© Grove Atlantic
FINLAND, WSOY/Johnny Kniga
GERMANY, Klett-Cotta
I NT E R NAT I O NA L LY
ACCLA I MED
AWA R D
W I N N ER S
TH E CIT Y OF WOVEN STRE E TS BY E M M I I T ÄRANTA
Ecological dystopy about a drowning city
RIGHTS SOLD
Memory of Water
FINLAND, Teos (Original
publisher)
WORLD ENGLISH,
HarperCollins
ARABIC, Dar Al Muna
BRAZIL, Record
BULGARIA, Perseus
CZECH, Albatros Media/Plus
DENMARK, Turbine
ESTONIA, Koolibri
FRANCE, Place des Editeurs
GEORGIA, Palitra L
Publishing
GERMANY, DTV/Reihe
Hanser
HUNGARY, Metropolis
Media
ITALY, Sperling & Kupfer
JAPAN, Nishimura Shoten
KOREA, The Book in My Life
LATVIA, Janis Roze
NORWAY, Gresvik Forlag
RUSSIA, Text Publishers
SPAIN, Ediciones B.
SWEDEN, Modernista
TURKEY, Dogan Egmont
FILM RIGHTS, Bufo Ltd.
The expectations are high for Itäranta’s second novel and The City of Woven Streets meets them
gracefully. The distinctive novel charms with its beautiful language.
- SUVI AHOLA, HELSINGIN SANOMAT
“Emmi Itäranta has the ability to create worlds in an undefined time.. she has a bright future as a storyteller of
fantasy; she has original ideas, a beautiful mastery of language and an ability to set the mood.”
– TUIJATA CULTURE BLOG, FINLAND
“Itäranta’s lyrical style makes this dystopian tale a beautiful exploration of environmental ethics and the power of ritual.”
— WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD ON MEMORY OF WATER
THE C I T Y
OF WOV EN STRE E TS
(Kudottujen kujien kaupunki, Teos 2015, 240 pp.)
T H E N O V E L I S A L I T E R A R Y E C O L O G I C A L tale in
the vein of Ursula K. Le Guin and Sheri S. Tepper, in which an innocent young woman becomes entangled in a web of ancient secrets and
deadly lies that lie at the dark center of her prosperous island world.
Eliana is a model citizen of the island, a weaver in the prestigious
House of Webs. She also harbors a dangerous secret—she can dream,
a forbidden ability. No one talks about the dreamers, the undesirables
ostracized from society.
RIGHTS SOLD
The City of Woven Streets
WORLD ENGLISH,
HarperCollins
BRAZIL, Record
FRANCE, Place des Editeurs
GEORGIA, Palitra L
Publishing
HUNGARY, Metropolis
Media
JAPAN, Nishimura Shoten
M E M O RY O F WAT E R
(Teemestarin kirja, Teos 2012, 266 pp.)
G L O B A L W A R M I N G H A S C H A N G E D the world’s geog-
raphy and its politics. Wars are waged over water, and 17-year-old
Noria Kaitio is learning to become a tea master like her father, a
position that holds great responsibility and great secrets. Tea masters
alone know the location of hidden water sources, including the natural spring that Noria’s father tends, which once provided water for
her whole village. But secrets do not stay hidden forever, and after her
father’s death the army starts watching their town—and Noria. And
as water becomes even scarcer, Noria must choose between safety and
striking out, between knowledge and kinship.
R E A D I NG M AT E R I A L
The City of Woven Streets
English manuscript
English synopsis
Finnish edition
Memory of Water
English edition
French edition
German edition
Spanish edition
E M M I I T Ä R A NTA
PRIZES
Photo © Teos
Emmi Itäranta’s debut novel Memory of Water (2012) has received glowing reviews around the world; among its accolades has been an honorable mention from the 2014 James Tiptree Jr. Award jury. Her second novel, The City of Woven Streets, was published in 2015 in Finland to
brilliant reviews, and is due to be published by Harper Voyager in
2016, as The City of Woven Streets in the UK, and as The Weaver in the US.
In Spring 2016 Emmi Itäranta attended Silicon Valley Reads in California for two months as author in residence. ww.emmiitaranta.com
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Shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2015
Included on the Honor List of the James
Tiptree, Jr. Award 2015
Nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award 2014
Nominated for the Golden Tentacle Award (the
Kitschies) 2014
Nominated for the Tähtivaeltaja science
fiction award 2013
Young Aleksis Kivi Prize 2013
Kalevi Jäntti Literary Prize 2012
Teos Fantasy and Sci-Fi Literary Contest 2011
GO LD EN
O LD I ES
T H E SUNS ET GR OV E TR I L O GY BY M I NNA L I NDGRE N
Internationally best-selling murder mystery set in a
retirement home
“These nonagenarian characters have understood that the essential act of magic is humor. What a joy to
read their adventures! What liberation!”
– FEMME ACTUELLE MAGAZINE, FRANCE
“These are believable characters. It feels like you’re having a conversation with your elderly neighbor or your
own grandmother.”
– LIOS & LIBROS LITERATURE BLOG, SPAIN
“Through Siiri’s adventures Lindgren does an excellent job at describing [the setting of Helsinki]. This
promises to be a very intriguing, funny and thoughtful trilogy, and I can’t wait to find out what happens to
Siiri in the second book.”
– LIFE IS A BOOK LITERATURE BLOG, ITALY (NINE OUT OF TEN STARS)
#1
#2
DEAT H I N S UN S E T G R OV E
(Kuolema ehtoolehdossa, Teos 2013, 302 pp.)
M E E T S I I R I , I R M A , A N D A N N A - L I I S A , best friends
and the queen bees of Sunset Grove, a retirement community for
those still young at heart. When their comfortable world is upturned by a suspicious death at Sunset Grove, they are shocked into
doing something about it. Determined to find out exactly what happened and why, they begin their own private investigations.
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The Sunset Grove Trilogy
(Ehtoolehdon pakolaiset, Teos 2014, 335 pp.)
W H E N A M A J O R renovation at Sunset Grove turns the retire-
ment community into a kind of hell, Siiri, Irma and Anna-Liisa
move to an apartment in the Hakaniemi neighbourhood as
roommates.
#3
T H E E ND O F S UNS ET GR OV E
(Ehtoolehdon tuho, Teos, 2015, 288 pp.)
S I I R I , I R M A A N D A N N A - L I I S A return to the
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retirement community of Sunset Grove. But the place no
longer feels like home, and has turned into a state-funded,
technology-driven pilot project in elderly care. The conclusion brings together characters lost along the way, and murky
details are brought to light. Legal justice is also served – in
unexpected ways.
FINLAND, Teos (Original publisher)
CZECH REPUBLIC, Albatros Media
DENMARK, Jensen & Dalgaard
ESTONIA, Varrak
GERMANY, Kiepenheuer & Witsch
FRANCE, Calmann-Lévy
ITALY, Marsilio
SPAIN, Penguin Random House
WORLD ENGLISH, Pan Macmillan
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Italian edition
Spanish edition
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Minna Lindgren is a journalist, columnist and author known for her whimsical and fearless approach to topics ranging from opera to death; she was the recipient of the 2009 Bonnier Journalism
Prize. A commercial and critical success, the Sunset Grove Trilogy takes a warm, socially critical
and satirical look at life inside a retirement home. Book 2, Escape from Sunset Grove (Teos 2014), was
nominated for the prestigious Runeberg Prize in 2014.
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MINNA LINDGREN
NO R D I C
NO I R
BODYGUARD SERIES BY LEENA LEHTOLAINEN
Film rights optioned and rights sold in 10 languages, New York-trained
bodyguard Hilja Ilveskero is a fiercely self-sufficient Nordic heroine
“If you enjoy international crime novels, and you have not yet heard of Leena Lehtolainen, then you’re in for a treat…Lehtolainen is a gracious,
widely traveled, and fascinating author.”
– THE BIG THRILL MAGAZINE, USA
TH E EYE OF THE TI GE R, B O O K 4
(Tiikerinsilmä, Tammi, August 2016)
WHEN THE 92-YEAR-OLD TEXTILE INDUSTRY MAGNATE Lovisa Johnson offers Hilja a
job as her bodyguard, she does not hesitate. The businesswoman lives in a mansion that’s rumored
to be haunted, after all. Johnson is childless, but her grandnephews and -nieces – a doctor, an oil
industry lobbyist, a security guard and a clairvoyant – are eager for their cut of the inheritance. A
combination of a mansion mystery and a fast-paced thriller, the novel is an anticipated new entry in
the series.
THE D EV I L ’S C UB S, B O O K 3
(Paholaisen pennut, Tammi 2012, 415 pp.)
A T T H E W E D D I N G of a Finnish businessman and his Russian girlfriend for whom Hilja is working, uninvited guests
show up. A mystery soon begins to unravel and hidden truths are revealed: Hilja comes face-to-face with horrific events from
her childhood.
THE L ION O F J UST I C E , B O O K 2
(Oikeuden jalopeura, Tammi 2011, 333 pp.)
I N I T A L Y , H I L J A I L V E S K E R O visits her lover David Stahl, where he is hiding from a Belorussian mobster. After
David suddenly disappears, Hilja has to return to Finland to help out a former client.
THE BODYGUAR D, B O O K 1
(Henkivartija, Tammi 2009, 355 pp.)
I N R U S S I A , B O D Y G U A R D H I L J A I L V E S K E R O ’ s client conducting real estate
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business is killed, and Hilja is suspected of murder. She sets out to prove her innocence – both WORLD ENGLISH, Amazon Crossing
to the authorities and to herself. Going underground, she soon realizes that someone is after her. ARMENIA, Guitank
CZECH, Argo
FRANCE, Hachette (Book 1-2)
GERMANY, Rowohlt
HOLLAND, Unieboek (Book 1)
RUSSIA, Azbooka-Atticus
SPAIN, Destino
TAIWAN, Linking
TURKEY, Nemesis
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#2
#3
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The Bodyguard Trilogy
Finnish manuscript of book 4
English editions of books 1-3
German editions of books 1-3
Finnish editions of books 1-3
Leena Lehtolainen is one of Finland’s most iconic crime authors. Her titles consistently top local
bestseller lists, and she has an active fan base around the world. Lehtolainen’s best-known series stars
Maria Kallio, down-to-earth and emotionally intelligent police officer. www.leenalehtolainen.fi
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LEENA LEHTOLAINEN
NOR D I C
NO I R
IN THE REAR WINDOW BY PAULIINA SUSI
A Hitchcockian cyberthriller with echoes of Gone Girl and The Girl With the
Dragon Tattoo
“The Finnish equivalent to the bestsellers of Gillian Flynn and Camilla Läckberg.”
– HELSINGIN SANOMAT NEWSPAPER, FINLAND
”The plot is a skillfully woven web in which computer nerds play with people and coincidence constantly makes a mess of things... In the Rear
Window is a book to devour.”
- TURUN SANOMAT NEWSPAPER, FINLAND
“Pauliina Susi’s In the Rear Window is an incredibly suspenseful novel that you can’t put down once you have started reading. Not only is it very
cleverly constructed, but it also has plausible characters and addresses important issues of our time, including cybercrime, xenophobia and populism
– all woven together to form an ingenious thriller.”
- EDITORS ELISABETH KURATH, DORA HÖPPNER AND BIANCA DOMBROWA, DTV, GERMANY
“In the Rear Window is an extremely entertaining and timely novel carried by quick plot twists and a haunting sense of suspense that builds up
towards the end.”
– PARNASSO LITERARY MAGAZINE, FINLAND
I N T H E R E A R WI N D OW
(Takaikkuna, Tammi 2015, 560 pp.)
© Tammi
“ I N T H E R E A R W I N D O W successfully re-creates the Finnish crime genre. Susi describes without
any common clichés how everyday life turns into
terror...It is a skillfully written novel that has the
potential to become an international political thriller. The topics of internet privacy and hacking are
new and highly relevant in today’s society. Thanks
to her extensive source material, Susi is able to dive
exceptionally deep into the topic: she describes in a
frightening way everyday life that includes internet
tracking and harassment.”
“The novel has a very Hitchcockian atmosphere with
elements from politics as well as from Star Wars.”
-THE CLUE OF THE YEAR JURY
FROM
THE
BOOK
Hate speech. Sex trade. Racism. Single mom Leia Laine becomes entan­
gled in much more than she bargained
for when she takes on a project whose
aim is to provide support for men who
frequent prostitutes. When a hacker
starts stalking her, she starts fearing
for her life.
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GERMANY, DTV
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English synopsis
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PRIZES
Pauliina Susi has worked as a journalist and editor at several well-known Finnish magazines.
She has a master’s degree in political science, and is known for her ability to incorporate current
themes into her prose. Her debut novel Rush Year (Ruuhkavuosi, Tammi 2005) was nominated
for the prestigious Helsingin Sanomat Literature Prize. Susi’s novel In the Rear Window is the
Winner of the Clue of the Year 2016, a recognition of the best crime fiction or detective novel
of the year. www.pauliinasusi.fi
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PAU L I I NA S U S I
Clue of the Year 2016
Nominated for the Helsingin
Sanomat Literature Prize 2005
(for Rush Year)
AWARD-WINNI NG
TH R I LLER S
&
H O R R O R
TH E W HIS PER ING GI RL BY M ARKO HAUTAL A
Member of the Horror Writers’ Association, Finland’s Stephen King tackles
blood-stained local history and family relations in a modern ghost story
THE W HI SP E RI NG GI RL
(Kuiskaava tyttö, Tammi, 2016)
WHEN A HELSINKI PSYCHOTHERAPIST
is murdered, Anton Rajamaa receives a file containing
medical information about his estranged daughter, Iida,
who has suffered from auditory hallucinations. When Anton starts investigating the case, he finds out a “whispering girl” has been giving Iida orders, increasingly gruesome in nature. Blood-spattered history, religious cults
and domestic abuse mix in this modern-day ghost story.
GR AN NY HATC HE T
(Kuokkamummo, Tammi 2014, 280 pp.)
G R A N N Y H A T C H E T , the genre-bending literary
thriller based on an urban legend about an old woman
who kills naughty children, was published in the U.S. as
THE BLACK TONGUE in 2015 to great reviews:
”I LOVED this. So creepy and beautifully written.”
© AmazonCrossing
– KIRSTY LOGAN, AUTHOR OF THE RENTAL HEART
”If you’re up for an adventure, try reading The Black Tongue
alone in a hotel room with one flickering light, like I did. I
guarantee at least one nightmare.”
– LITREACTOR MAGAZINE
”I was utterly pulled into this story and shocked at how it all came together. This is definitely an author to
keep an eye on.”
– 2 BOOK LOVERS BLOG.
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Granny Hatchet
FINLAND, Tammi (Original publisher)
CZECH REPUBLIC, Euromedia
GERMANY, DTV
WORLD ENGLISH, Amazon Crossing
Worms
FINLAND, Tammi (Original publisher)
GERMANY, DTV
Shrouds
FINLAND, Tammi
ITALY, Newton compton
GERMANY, DTV
R E A D I NG M AT E R I A L
The Whispering Girl
Finnish manuscript (June 2016)
English synopsis
Granny Hatchet
English edition
Shrouds
German edition
English sample
PRIZES
Kalevi Jäntti Prize 2010
Tiiliskivi Prize 2008
Nominated for the Young Aleksis
Kivi Prize 2013
”The Black Tongue ended up being much weirder and scarier than I was expecting.”
– A BOOKISH TYPE BLOG
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M A R KO H A U TA L A
Member of the Horror Writers’ Association (USA), Marko Hautala attracts readers of all genres
with a unique blend of psychological horror and realism, earning him a reputation as the Finnish
Stephen King. His first novel, Itsevalaisevat (The Self-Illuminated Ones), received the Tiiliskivi Prize, and
Käärinliinat (Shrouds) received the Kalevi Jäntti Literary Prize for young authors in 2010. Unikoira
(Seeing Eyes) was nominated for the Young Aleksis Kivi Prize in 2013. http://www.blacktonguebook.com/
F INLAND’S
FUNNIEST
AWA R D -W I N N I NG
AUT H O R
JINGL E L A ND BY M I I NA SUP I NE N
Funny, Burtonesque and gloomy, Jingle Land is not your usual
winter wonderland
“The inimitable Miina Supinen has been the discovery of the year for me.”
– SUSANNE GRETTER, SUHRKAMP, GERMANY (ON RAY GIRL)
“The novel deals with serious topics under the guise of a comedy. Supinen encapsulates reality through a skillful use of cliches, and dismantles
mundane, one-track thinking.”
– HELSINGIN SANOMAT NEWSPAPER, FINLAND
“Supinen is a talented social critic…she has managed to infuse Jingle Land with both criticism of our
entertainment-and-sex-obsessed time and a strong narrative.”
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– TURUN SANOMAT NEWSPAPER, FINLAND
“Miina Supinen’s prose grabs and befriends a reader, and off we go. A delightful read!”
– KIRJAVINKIT (“BOOK TIPS”) LITERATURE BLOG, FINLAND
Jingle Land
FINLAND, WSOY (Original publisher)
Ray Girl
FINLAND, WSOY (Original publisher)
CZECH REPUBLIC, Brana
DENMARK, Turbine
GERMANY, Suhrkamp
JINGL E L AN D
(Mantelimaa, WSOY 2015, 328 pp)
J I N G L E L A N D , a tale of winter holidays
Jelly Control
gone awry, has garnered glowing reviews. Critics are com­plimenting Supinen’s skillful mix of
irony, ab­surdity and humanity. The novel is set
in an over-the-top adult theme park Jingle Land,
ruled by a man obsessed with stripper elves,
creepy an­imatronic reindeer and world’s largest
chocolate fountain - and his childhood crush, a
former pop star named Molli.
FINLAND, WSOY (Original publisher)
GERMANY, Suhrkamp
“I created this ADULT FAIRY TALE...Like Tim
Burton’s films, Jingle Land addresses real-life issues in
its own reality. There are comedic elements, but also
deep and painful issues and stories of human fates.” Suhrkamp/Insel
MIINA SUPINEN
R E A D I NG M AT E R I A L
Jingle Land
English sample
English synopsis
Finnish edition
Ray Girl
German edition
English sample
English synopsis
Finnish edition
PRIZES
Nominated for the Helsingin
Sanomat Debut Book
of the Year Award 2007
Nominated for the Runeberg
Prize 2010
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MIINA SUPINEN
Miina Supinen is a journalist, essayist and author known for her distinctive mix of playfulness
and psychological insight. Her critically acclaimed novels and short stories have a dedicated
fan following. Nominated for the Helsingin Sanomat Literature Prize, her novel Jelly Control
(WSOY 2007), is a cult classic, and her collection of short stories Land of the Apatosaurus (WSOY
2010) was nominated for the 2010 Runeberg Prize. Supinen was also selected as one of
Finland’s best young novelists by Granta (2014).
TRUE
STO R I ES
FIGHT BACK BY P E KKA HY YSAL O
An inspiring and encouraging story about a severly injured young man’s fight
to get his life back
FI GHT B AC K
(Fight Back. Toinen mahdollisuus, Tammi 2016, 208 pp.)
O N E D A Y a professional free skier, the next day fighting for his
life. One unfortunate jump changed the course of Pekka Hyysalo’s life: a sudden gust of wind made him overshoot his landing.
He over-rotated his trick, landed sideways and hit his head. Suddenly he was fighting for his life instead of rankings. After several
weeks in a coma he had a poor prognosis, but against all odds he
was back on his feet in mere six months. Hyysalo tells with his
own words about his rehabilitation, an ongoing process. Fight
Back is an inspiring, encouraging story, full of positive energy
and faith in the future.
F R O M T H E B O O K : “A gust of wind grips me exactly
© Petri Kovalainen
when I’m on the edge of the take-off ramp. Because of the speed,
I can’t feel it myself. I start spinning. 180 degrees, okay. 360
degrees, okay. 540 degrees, okay? Nope. Nothing is even close to
okay. I keep going up when I should be going down. The jump is
getting too long, far too long. I keep on spinning when I should
be landing. I can’t stop. 1080 degrees – check. 1170 degrees –
check, 1240 degrees – bang. Silence. Darkness. The end.”
F I G H T B AC K O R G A N I ZAT I O N
FightBack’s mission is to support the rehabilitation of people with head trauma and increase awareness about the importance of protecting oneself in sport activities.
PEKKA HYYSALO
R E A D I NG M AT E R I A L
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English synopsis
English sample
© Petri Kovalainen
Pekka Hyysalo used to be a professional free skier,
reaching the 11th place in the free skiing association’s
ranking. After his accident he founded the organization
FightBack to support the rehabilitation of people with
head trauma. Hyysalo was chosen as Finland’s most positive person in 2014 and Fight Back is his story and his
first book.
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TRUE
STO R I ES
THE CHARM OF THE ICE BY LEENA LEHTOLAINEN,
KAISA VIITANEN, AND ELINA PAASONEN
Independent follow-up to the popular The Charm of Figure Skating book
“Why does a skater skate? Why does the audience love this sport? Where goes the line between sport and art, or is there one?”
T HE C HARM O F I C E
(Jään Lumo, Tammi, Fall 2016)
F I G U R E S K A T I N G is one of the most beautiful and most demanding sports
in the world. The team behind the award-winning book The Charm of Figure Skating dives deeper into the topic: the abundantly illustrated The Charm of Ice consists of
seven interwoven stories and each section has its own timeless theme, such as ice,
justice, pain and gaze. The book’s narrative style resembles rather a short story or
an essay than traditional non-fiction or sports journalism. World’s leading figure
skaters, names such as Kiira Korpi, Laura Lepistö, Mao Asada, Carolina Kostner,
Yevgeni Plushenko and Brian Joubert have been interviewed for the book.
LEENA LEHTOLAINEN
Leena Lehtolainen is a fiction writer who has published more than 20 works, translated
into 29 languages. Figure skating has been part of Leena’s life ever since she was a little
girl.
R E A D I NG M AT E R I A L
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English sample
English synopsis
K A I S A V I I TA N E N
E L I NA PA A S O N E N
Elina Paasonen is a journalist, photographer, and fourth generation skater, raised at the
ice rink. Photography has become Elina’s way of contributing to the story of the fantastic
sport.
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Kaisa Viitanen is a freelance journalist who has learnt to love figure skating as an adult
skater and a skating mother. She is the editor-in-chief of the Finnish Taitoluistelu (Figure Skating)
magazine.
NO N
FI CTI O N
AGAINST ALL ODDS BY JORMA OLLILA
A first-person account of the rise and fall of Nokia
Rights sold in the U.S. and China!
“We’re excited to be publishing Jorma Ollila’s compelling memoir. The book offers an insightful account of Nokia and the mobile revolution, but
just as important, Ollila’s riveting stories are filled with lessons about the nature of leadership, the importance of shared values, and the need for
strategic thinking.”
- JIM PENNYPACKER, PUBLISHER, MAVEN HOUSE PRESS
“Ollila prepared his autobiography for ten years. Journalist Harri Saukkomaa has turned it into an entertaining story in the strongest possible
bestseller style. This biography is a meticulously polished diamond.”
– HELSINGIN SANOMAT NEWSPAPER, FINLAND
AGA I NST AL L O DDS
- Leading Nokia from Near Catastrophe to
Global Success
(Mahdoton menestys, Otava 2013, 480 pp.)
Photo © Maven House Press, October 2016
JORMA OLLILA, CEO OF NOKIA
from 1992 to 2006, turned the company into
the world’s leading mobile phone manufacturer. The book narrates Ollila’s personal and
professional journey, exploring the fine line
between stratospheric success and catastrophic
failure, the nature of leadership - and the human element of business, including encounters with figures such as Bill Gates and Steve
Jobs. Against All Odds is translated by
Richard Powell.
“Against All Odds,” co-authored by Harri
Saukkomaa, was Finland’s bestselling narrative nonfiction title in 2013, and was selected
as one of the year’s most fascinating books by
the influential Suomen kuvalehti magazine. It
has sold tens of thousands of copies since its
publication.
JORMA OLLILA
Jorma Ollila became the pre-eminent European businessman of his generation during his time
as Nokia’s CEO from 1992 to 2006 and Chairman from 1999 to 2012. He served as Chairman
of the Board of Royal Dutch Shell from 2006 to 2015. Currently he is an Advisory Partner at
investment bank Perella Weinberg Partners. He is an Honorary Fellow of the London School
of Economics and holds honorary doctorates from the University of Helsinki, the Helsinki
University of Technology, and the University of Vaasa.
Harri Saukkomaa, chairman of Tekir, is a distinguished journalist and entrepreneur.
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CHINA, Shanghai Dook Publishing
ESTONIA, Äripäev (Bonnier)
UNITED STATES, Maven House Press
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