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The English language publication rights for the books presented here are available for purchase. Please contact the translator or the publisher/agent indicated regarding rights inquiries. Translations presented here are the property of the authors, translators, and publishers of the works and may not be reused without permission.

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.

Unavailable in English: The Death of Orvar Klein

Daniel Katz’s 20th-century Finnish classic about a humble bookseller who just wants to read in peace, and the christeners, crooks, and con artists who keep thwarting him. Full manuscript translation seeks publisher.

Unavailable in English: The Blue Phantom

A Finnish commuter plane vanishes after taking off from Tallinn, a bank is robbed in Kerava, and riots flare in Helsinki with protesters demanding peace and brotherhood between Finland and the Soviet Union. The year is 1940, the war is on, and Agent Mujunen is in the middle of it all.