Summer Fishing in Lapland by Juhani Karila
A brilliantly weird literary fantasy set in a Lapland filled with mythical creatures
'Spiced with multiple storylines and all kinds of mythical creatures, this rich novel is a delight' - Helsingin Sanomat
'I feel like giving him 6 stars out of 5 - and this is exactly what I will doJuhani Karila stretches the limits and borders of the world so wildly, that it seems only right for this literature critic to do the same' - Lapin Kansa
'A fix of love story and thriller, realism and fantasy, folk comedy and all sorts of popular beliefs sufficient to cure the worst case of humourlessness' - Raijan kirjareppu
'Karila's imagination is beyond words! The story is wild, absurd and crazy funny, writtenin a brilliant language and charged with a great sense of humour' - Kirja viekoon
'I feel like giving him 6 stars out of 5 - and this is exactly what I will doJuhani Karila stretches the limits and borders of the world so wildly, that it seems only right for this literature critic to do the same' - Lapin Kansa
'A fix of love story and thriller, realism and fantasy, folk comedy and all sorts of popular beliefs sufficient to cure the worst case of humourlessness' - Raijan kirjareppu
'Karila's imagination is beyond words! The story is wild, absurd and crazy funny, writtenin a brilliant language and charged with a great sense of humour' - Kirja viekoon
JUHANI KARILA is an author and award-winning journalist who was born and raised in Finnish Lapland. Summer Fishing in Lapland is his debut novel. It was published in 2019, winning widespread acclaim and numerous prizes in Finland, and is being translated into 17 languages around the world. LOLA ROGERS is a literary translator living in Seattle. She has translated dozens of Finnish novels, short stories, poems, comics, and children's books, for which she has won two English PEN Awards and the Prometheus Award. Her translations for Pushkin Press include The Rabbit Back Literature Society and Secret Passages in a Hillside Town by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781782278931 |
| ISBN 10 | 1782278931 |
| Title | Summer Fishing in Lapland |
| Author | Juhani Karila |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pushkin Press |
| Year published | 2023-07-06 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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