Unavailable in English: The Green Chamber
Read an extract from Sirpa Kähkönen’s lyrical novel of teen friendship in hardscrabble 1960’s Finland, recently published by Words Without Borders.
The Red Book of Farewells
A mesmerizing account of radical politics and queer sexual awakening in the 1970’s by legendary Finnish author and actor Pirkko Saisio.
Dog Park
Set in Ukraine and Finland, a captivating story of intrigue, betrayal, and murder in the global fertility market–from acclaimed writer Sofi Oksanen.
Bolla
An unlikely love story from the author of National Book Award finalist Crossing.
The Colonel’s Wife
An old woman living in a remote part of Lapland tells the unvarnished story of her life as a nature writer, free spirit, and fervent fascist.
Things That Fall from the Sky
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?
Children of the Cave
1819. Iax Agolasky, a young assistant to a notable French explorer, sets off on a journey to the Russian wilderness. They soon discover a group of creatures living in a cave: children with animal traits. But are they animals, or are they human? Faced with questions of faith, science and the fundamentals of truth, tensions rise in the camp. Soon the children’s safety becomes threatened and Agolasky needs to act.
Crossing
Pajtim Statovci’s National Book Award finalist is an incandescent novel about identity, exile, love, and heartbreak.
Oneiron
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. 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.
Secret Passages in a Hillside Town
In this haunting novel by the celebrated author of The Rabbit Back Literature Society, a mild-mannered publisher reconnects online with his first love, reigniting long-forgotten memories of the dark, magical, and dangerous secret passages of his youth.