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Miki Liukkonen
 
 

The Master of Silence  
 

The Finlandia‐ and Runeberg Prize‐nominated author of O re‐

turns with a dazzling, genre‐defying novel that captures the zeit‐
geist of our me.
Following his meteoric magnum opus, O, Finland’s rockstar literary sa‐
vant is back with comparable brevity, with an astonishing new work
about people, the difficul es in communica on, and the interest in
things, outside of their ontological being.
At midday, a twenty‐something man is found dead in his office chair.
Meanwhile, Herman Leorne is interviewing people for his Youtube chan‐
nel, discussing the interes ngness of things. Elsewhere, a mother with
an ea ng disorder considers ending her life with an overdose of Botox.
But how does all this e in to the significance of Sinatra’s My Way in
karaoke history, stringent Subway™ staff training days, and iced coffee?
In its tular homage to Rimbaud, Liukkonen proves himself to be a seer
of the big ques ons of our me, with influences of Foster Wallace and
Mishima in evidence in this brilliant, new novel.

"There is no direct communica on. There is always a filter in between. In

this instance, it’s you."

Praise for O:

'O manages to pique the curiosity of the reader on each of its pa-
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‘Miki Liukkonen has wri en one of the most important Finnish April 2018
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Miki Liukkonen (b. 1989) made his literary breakthrough with the astonishingly
accomplished novel O (WSOY, 2017) – an encyclopaedic narra ve of ordinary
people and extraordinary events, neuroses, stubborn fixed ideas, and irra onal
things that become the most‐talked‐about literary tour de force in recent years.
A mul ‐talented and gi ed ar st, who feels equally at home in music and poetry
as he does in literature, Liukkonen likens his work to that of David Lynch’s in Contact
succeeding in commercialising the uncommercial. He lives in Helsinki. Eleonoora Kirk
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Katja Kettu

Rose is Gone
Shortlisted for the Finlandia Prize for Fiction 2018
Winner of the Readers’ Vote Finlandia Prize for Fiction 2018

A wild and lyrical epistolary novel about love, unfulfilled

dreams and finding your roots by bestselling Finnish au-
thor, Katja Ke u. 
 
Set in 2018 and the 1970s, ROSE IS GONE is an epistolary novel with a 
dus ng of magical realism told across seven chapters denoted as life 
paths (in line with Objibwe beliefs, a human soul has seven paths in 
their life me) narrated by Lempi, the middle‐aged daughter of a Fin‐
nish father, E u, and Na ve American mother, Rose. Forty‐five year‐
old Lempi returns to the Minnesota reserva on of her childhood a er 
her aging father begins to remember what happened to his long‐lost 
wife all those years ago. Solving the mystery behind her mother’s 
disappearance, Lempi must also face up to her true iden fy, her re‐
la ons with the rest of the reserva on’s inhabitants – including an old 
flame – and what was the fate of the girls who went missing all those 
years ago? 
The novel deals with themes of iden ty, belonging, turbulent love, vi‐
olent struggle, folklore and supers on with echoes of Karen Blixen’s 
storytelling of fate and des ny, and the magical realism of Gabriel Gar‐
cia Marquez. It may also appeal to those who liked Tommy Orange’s 
debut.  
HISTORICAL NOTE: When a copper mining company recruited Finnish 
workers from Norwegian mines for their reputa on as hard workers, it 
sparked a mass migra on of Finns to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula a er 
the end of the Civil War to the early 20th century. Finding similari es in 
their respec ve beliefs and mannerisms, the Anishinabe and Finns be‐
gan to intermarry, producing a new genera on of ‘Finndians’, with  Rights sold
whom Katja Ke u has a longstanding friendship, as documented in her  Czech: Argo
Estonian: Koolibri 
book, In the Land of the Finndians. Hungarian: Gondolat 
   
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'If you read just one Finnish novel this year, read Rose is Gone, Bulgarian: ICU 
Katja Ke u’s magnificent, Twin Peaks‐like mystery. […] Brilliant.' Croa an: Hena 
Danish: People’s Press 
– Aamuleh , five stars French: Actes Sud 
German: Ullstein 
‘A visionary novel.' Norwegian: Pax 
– Helsingin Sanomat  Swedish: Albert Bonniers   
 
'A full‐blooded story of love and violence.’ Publica on
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– Turun Sanomat October 2018 
284 pages 
 
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Katja Kettu (b. 1978) is renowned for the powerful and unique linguistic style in  Finnish Edi on 
her work. Her breakthrough novel, The Midwife (Kätilö, 2011) won the Runeberg  English Sample Transla on 100 pp  
and Kalevi Jäntti prizes, was translated into over 20 languages and adapted into a  Synopsis 
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feature film. Kettu’s recent works include Hawk Moth (Yöperhonen, 2015), which   
has sold 40,000 copies in Finland alone, and an illustrated non‐fiction collaborat‐ Film & TV Rights
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ion documenting Native Americans of Finnish descent, In the Land of the Finndi‐
ans (Fintiaanien mailla, 2016). She lives in Helsinki.  Contact
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Tommi Kinnunen

The Glass River

An instant bestseller — 20,000 copies sold

Acclaimed Finlandia Prize‐nominee Tommi Kinnunen re‐

turns with a three‐day novel about a community of glass
workers picking up the pieces in the a ermath of the war.  

The Tyynelä family has grown up in the shadows of the glassworks. 
Jussi, the eldest of the three siblings, is moved from pillar to post 
around different menial jobs at the factory as others work their way up 
in the ranks. But he sees the world around him differently, its detail 
and sharpness more acutely than those around him. 

Jussi’s sisters are consumed by their own lives and worries. Helmi 
works at the factory and is filled with nostalgia for the past. Irascible 
Raili remembers her former life in Helsinki, living in the belief that to 
get ahead in life, one must simply set one’s mind to it. But the war has 
changed everything. 

With his unmistakable style and lyrical prose, Kinnunen portrays the 
microcosm of the glassworks, the des nies of its people and the shape 
of their emo ons and rela onships with one another in the a ermath 
of the war.  A beau fully‐drawn portrayal of forgo en women and 
men with stylis c and thema c echoes of John Steinbeck and John Wil‐
liams. 

“Kinnunen shows himself to be the best we have...” Rights sold

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August 2018 
Solitude....” 291 pages 
– Oma aika   
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Tommi Kinnunen’s (b. 1973) first two novels, Where Four Roads Meet (WSOY, 

2014) and The Light Behind the Eyes (WSOY, 2016) were published in Finland to 
cri cal and commercial success. Both  tles were shortlisted for the pres gious 
Finlandia Prize for Fic on and received prizes and nomina ons for mul ple li‐
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terary awards. Kinnunen’s works have been translated into over 20 languages to 
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date. He lives in Turku, where he teaches literature at a high school.  eleonoora.kirk@bonnierrights.fi 
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Marianna Kurtto

Tristania  
 
 
Nominated for the Nordic Council Prize for Literature 2019 

An assured, lyrical  novel about the siren call of our roots, and the 
force of nature. 
 
It’s 1961 and Lars is happy in England, having found love with Yvonne, 
a young and care‐free florist. But soon the tide of guilt and remorse 
laps at his toes as he thinks of Lise and Jon, his wife and young son, 
who he’d left behind on the island of Tristan.  He imagines Jon, stan‐
ding on the black sand of the beach, scanning the horizon for the ship 
that might bring his father back. And then news breaks: the volcano on 
Tristan has erupted. Will it be too late for Lars to return?  
  
Told in alternating points‐of‐view and flashbacks between the 1950s 
and 60s, Tristania is an evocative novel about the life and secrets of the 
people in the orbit of a remote volcanic island —both a prison and a 
paradise—and the distances between places and people. It speaks of 
leaving and returning; about our roots, and how they keep pulling us 
back.  
 
Kurtto’s prose is vivid, rich, and poetic as she masterfully inhabits her 
protagonists lives and passions—both on Tristan and overseas with 
nods to Homer and Strindberg.  
 
Historical note: Tristan da Cunha, (colloquially, ‘Tristan’) a Bri sh Over‐
seas Territory, is an ac ve volcanic island with a popula on of 248 Bri‐
sh ci zens in the middle of the South Atlan c Ocean, 2400 km from 
anywhere. The volcano on the island erupted in 1961, which led to the 
evacua on of the island. The islanders, however, decided to return to 
 
their ravaged se lement the following year – rejec ng England’s boo‐ All rights available 
ming consumerist society in the swinging 1960s. It has inspired writers   
including Jules Verne and Alice Munro with its remoteness and thriving  Publica on 
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community.   April 2018 
  330 pages 
 
‘Marianna Kur o’s first novel is a masterful and self‐assured work of  Material 
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art with a most engaging atmosphere.’ Full Swedish Transla on  
– Helsingin Sanomat Reviews 
 
‘Unique style […] 300 pages of beauty. […] Rythmically calm, yet you  Film & TV Rights 
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can feel the lava bubbling beneath.’   
– Aamuleh  

Marianna Kur o (b. 1980) studied crea ve wri ng and English philology. A 

translator and an acclaimed poet, her debut The Kingdom of the Lost
(Eksynei en valtakunta, WSOY 2006) won the Kalevi Jän  Prize in 2006 and was 
nominated for the Helsingin Sanomat literary prize the same year, followed by 
the Tiiliskivi Prize for View‐Master (WSOY, 2012) in 2013. Tristania is her first 
work of long‐form fic on. She lives in Helsinki.   Contact 
Marja Tuloisela 
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Camilla Tuominen

Lead Your Emotions

Tools and Wisdom for a Successful Working Life 

Understand and lead your emo ons – the meta‐skill of the

future!

How to lead yourself and your business wisely in the era of ar ficial intelli-
gence? Tools for success in the workplace of the future are undoubtedly
emo onal intelligence, crea vity, innova on, linking informa on, and rea-
ding weak signals while machines do the basic work needing linear intelli-
gence.

Drawing on extensive experience and research, science and anecdote,

former management consultant and leading emo on coach Camilla Tuo-
minen dis lls her approach to share in short, engaging lessons on how we
can discover our hidden abili es and flourish in the workplace in the infor-
ma on age and avoid burnout.

Learn to lead your emo ons to succeed at work with these indispensable
prac cal tools and wisdom from the leading Nordic expert on harnessing
the power of emo ons. This visual and engaging non-fic on work will pro-
vide the readers a deeper understanding of an essen al meta-skill for the
workplace, for now and into the future. A must-read for fans of Brené
Brown and Simon Sinek’s work.

Tuominen’s clients include top Finnish companies and ins tu ons, such as
Kone, Nordea, F-Secure, Sanoma and Aalto University. She has also given
talks abroad and was interviewed at the Nordic Business Forum live stage
in 2018. She will be giving a talk at TEDx Tampere in early 2019.

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– which by the nature of its topic is, indeed, any human anywhere.’” 203 pages
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anecdotes with her gi ed ar s c touch into a work that is a joy to
leaf through, read and reflect upon.’”
— Esa Saarinen, Professor of Applied Philosophy at Aalto
University, Finland

Camilla Tuominen (b. 1975), M.Sc. (Econ.) is a renowned emo on coach, writer,
illustrator, mo va onal speaker, CEO and co-founder of Emo on Tracker, a digi-
tal emo on diary. She has also published a guide to personal finances for school
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Ina Westman

Archipelago

A stirring eco-novel about a relationship on the rocks, set against the

idyllic backdrop of a Nordic summer.

‘One day we, too, will disappear from here. The island will remain.’
Emma, Joel and their young daughter, Fanni, spend the summer at
their island hideaway in the Finnish archipelago. Despite the lack
of running water and electricity, they enjoy the simple pleasures
of fishing, foraging seaweed and gazing out to sea from between
the boulders and pine trees on their little island sanctuary. But
Emma suffers headaches and hallucinations caused by the livid
scar on her head. Struggling to remember how it got there and
what happened before the summer, she begins to drift away from
Joel, as she and he, in turn, tell their points-of-view with inter-
jecting conversations between Fanni and her grandfather.

Evincing the atmosphere and intergenerational dialogue of Tove

Jansson's The Summer Book, Ina Westman skilfully navigates the
faultlines of Emma and Joel’s relationship, peeling away the layers
of themselves as their future hangs in the balance. Emma must
learn that in order to save others, she must first save herself. Will
she remember what happened to her before her nightmares sub-
sume her entirely? And can she find a way back to Joel and Fanni?

An often haunting, beautiful, and layered narrative of a couple at

sea with each other, and the uncomfortable truths of climate All rights available
change, racism and migration. An homage to Tove Jansson’s wri- Publication
tings, which tackled similar themes, the novel also draws compari- Kosmos, Finland
August 2018
son to Philip Teir’s novel, The Summer House and Elina Hirvonen’s 234 pages
novels.
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‘Westman writes magnificently.'

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Ina Westman (b. 1974) is a communications manager in the
publishing industry in Helsinki. When they're not spending time at their
sustainably-built summerhouse on an island in the archipelago, Westman
lives in the Finnish capital with her family. She is also a renowned blogger Contact
and author of Shelter (Syliin, Kosmos, 2016), her warmly-reviewed debut. Eleonoora Kirk
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Arto Paasilinna
Modern Classics from Finland

The hare, the bear, and the solitary hero... 
Arto Paasilinna’s earthy depic ons of the endless escapades of Finns 
and their irrepressible a tude towards life have claimed a permanent 
place in the na onal canon. His wry language and exuberant op mism 
have garnered praise and recogni on worldwide.  
 
In Europe, Paasilinna is considered a prominent eco‐philosopher, who‐
se works are simultaneously  meless yet  mely; their themes, dark 
humour and delving into the heart of humanity con nue to touch new 
readers around the world.  
 
Paasilinna is a natural storyteller and blue‐blooded humourist, who 
imbues his picaresque novels with a bi ng take on contemporary life 
and sa re. At the core of his wild adventures, rife with surprising turns 
of events, is a philosophical view of people as prisoners of modern mo‐
res and conven ons. 
 
Almost all of Paasilinna’s novels are founded on a wildly comical no‐
on, implemented throughout his works without fear of consequences. 
One of his main themes is freedom – or the illusion thereof. His protag‐
onists have li le considera on for social standing, regula ons or socie‐
tal demands.  
 
Paasilinna’s protagonists pig‐headedly fight conven on, mediocrity and 
the other scourges of modern life. They are driven by a burning desire 
to return to nature, where human existence would prove simpler. Paa‐
silinna finds material for his humour from the most unlikely of subjects, 
such as suicide and unemployment, but always handles them with   
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compassion and understanding.  Clumsy Guardian Angel (2004) 
  The Reverend’s Beastly Valet (1995) 
‘Paasilinna’s style is all Finn ‐ a sly sense of humor, a simplicity, a The Best Village in the World (1992) 
The Charming Mass Suicide (1990) 
moral compass that points firmly north and out of doors, away The Sweet Poison Cook (1988) 
from ci es… Readers root for Vatanen as he leaps off the mad The Forest of the Hanged Foxes (1987) 
The Son of the Thunder God (1984) 
merry‐go‐round.' The Howling Miller (1981) 
– Los Angeles Times, on The Year of the Hare  The Year of the Hare (1975) 
 
  Filmography 
‘The Year of the Hare reminds us that what seems so important The Year of the Hare (1997, France 2006) 
The Howling Miller (1982, France 2017) 
in our daily lives may not be all that permanent or sustaining.’  
 – Wall Street Journal Awards & Prizes 
Furet du Nord (France, 2004) 
Prix Lecture Jeunesse (France, 1995) 
Premio Giuseppe Acerbi (Italy, 1994)  
Arto Paasilinna (1942‐2018) was born in Ki lä, in Finnish Lapland. He worked by  Pro Finlandia (Finland, 1993 
Prix Air Inter (France, 1989)  
turns as a woodcu er, agricultural labourer and a journalist before his interna‐  
onal breakthrough with The Year of the Hare (Jäniksen vuosi, 1975), classified 
as a masterpiece of world literature in the UNESCO Collec on of Representa ve 
Works and featured in ’10 Foreign Books We Should All Read’ (The Independent,  Contact 
2015).  The oeuvre of Finland’s best‐known author has been translated into over  Marja Tuloisela 
40 languages and sold over 8.5 million copies worldwide.   marja.tuloisela@bonnierrights.fi 

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Mika Waltari
Modern Classics from Finland

Humanity, tolerance, and the beau ful vani es 

Mika Waltari made a las ng mark in Finnish literary history. His prodi-
gious output spanned over five decades and the number of his enduring 
works remains notably large.  He was widely renowned for his love of, as 
he called them “the beau ful vani es” of life, such as art, amongst other 
things. 
 
Waltari’s best-known work, The Egyp an (Sinuhe egyp läinen, WSOY 
1945), an immediate, interna onal bestseller on publica on has been 
translated into over 35 languages to date. A stunning work of historical 
fic on, it tells the even ul life story of Pharaoh Akhenaten’s personal 
physician, Sinuhe, while reflec ng on the contradic on between idealism 
and realism in a  meless manner.  
 
The mul faceted work has also been interpreted as a portrayal of 
the spiritual crisis caused by the Second World War in Europe. The Egyp-
an was turned into a lavish Hollywood film in the 1950s, and it became 
the most-sold historical novel in the USA, preceding Umberto Eco’s The
Name of the Rose. The Egyp an was voted the most-loved book of Finnish 
readers in 2017 and re-issued that same year in a special edi on to mark 
the centenary of Finland’s independence. 
 
Waltari wrote seven other historical novels set in various epochs. His wri-
ng masterfully captures human emo ons in  mes of great upheaval 
when the tradi on and value of humanism are most at risk. Waltari was 
adept at the forms of adventure and picaresque novels and he received a 
great deal of praise for his vivid narra on and thought-provoking depic -  
Historical novels  
on of the past.  
The Egyp an (1945) 
  The Dark Angel (1952) 
Waltari’s literary work also includes much-loved detec ve novels, and  The Adventurer (1948) 
literary novellas that draw likeness to those of de Maupassant.   The Wanderer (1949)  
The Secret of the Kingdom  (1959) 
The Roman (1964) 
‘A Game of Thrones and its sequels were also influenced by the  
works of great historical novelists like Thomas B. Costain, Mika Crime fic on 
Who Murdered Mrs. Skrof? (1939) 
Waltari, and Howard Pyle.’ Inspector Palmu’s Mistake (1949) 
It’s Wri en in the Stars,  
– George R.R. Mar n, The Huffington Post Inspector Palmu! (1962) 
 
Novellas 
‘Waltari successfully combine[s] research, imagina on, and the A Stranger Come to the Farm (1937) 
cunning of a good tale-teller in bringing the genera on of Akhna- This Kind of Thing Never Happens 
(1939/1961) 
ton to life.’  A Nail Merchant at Nigh all (1949) 
– New York Herald Tribune  Moonscape and Other Stories (1953) 
 

Mika Waltari (1908-1979) was born in Helsinki. His debut novel The Grand Illu-

sion (Suuri illusioni, 1928) became a literary sensa on in Finland and a racted 
interest also abroad.  Waltari was elected to the Academy of Finland in 1957,  Contact 
and he was awarded the State Prize for Literature in 1933, 1934, 1936, 1949 &  Marja Tuloisela 
marja.tuloisela@bonnierrights.fi 
1953.  
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