
Mia
Mia Spangenberg translates fiction, nonfiction, and children’s literature from Finnish, Swedish, and German into English, and she is a regular contributor to …
Mia Spangenberg translates fiction, nonfiction, and children’s literature from Finnish, Swedish, and German into English, and she is a regular contributor to …
Set in Ukraine and Finland, a captivating story of intrigue, betrayal, and murder in the global fertility market–from acclaimed writer Sofi Oksanen.
Selected poems spanning the career of revered mid-20th-century modernist Pentti Saarikoski.
Detective Jessica Niemi is thrown into a ghoulish murder investigation: the wife of Finland’s pre-eminent crime writer has been found dead in a scene eerily reminiscent of the author’s Witch Hunter works. Jessica and her colleagues try to divine the motivation behind the killings as other gruesome scenes are re-enacted and the body count mounts. Who is behind the murder spree: a cult, a lone psychopath, or the author himself?
Alice thought it was unusual to see a dragonfly in the middle of winter. But she followed it until she fell down-down-down, and woke up in a world unlike any other. Welcome to Sisterland, a fantastical world of eternal summer.
Secrets and Siblings outlines the scale of the tragic consequences of China’s one-child policy, showing how Chinese family and society has been forever changed.
In Daniel Katz’s absurd and melancholy 20th-century classic, bookseller Orvar Klein turns to literature for everything he needs to know, whether it’s how to swim or how to win a fistfight, and somehow prevails, even when a harsh world keeps interrupting his reading.
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.
Livi and Nate are a sister and brother who live with their mom and grandpa in a house deep in the snowy hills. Every night after dinner, they have a bath, followed by story time, and then bed. But tonight, Livi can’t sleep―her vivid imagination takes over, turning little moments from everyday life into fantastical adventures.
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?