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Our authors Johanna Sinisalo, Katri Lipson and Emmi Itärantahave gathered fantastic reviews for their latest works.
Johanna Sinisalo’s feminist dystopia The Core of the Sun was published in the US by Grove Atlantic Press. It has been warmly received by readers and critics alike:
“Sinisalo moves seamlessly from severity to absurdity and hilarity,” writes Fjords Review.
The Locus Magazine joins in the praise by stating that “It’s that odd juxtaposition of the purely sensual with the satirically absurd that helps make The Core of the Sun the most original, unsettling, and weirdly comic dystopia that I’ve seen in some years.”
Katri Lipson’s third novel Detroit, a love story set in the world of NHL, was published in Finland in March. Finland’s leading newspaper Helsingin Sanomat gave a superb review of the novel:
“[Detroit] is about unrequited love, trusting your dreams, the death of hope and the ensuing grief. To illustrate these feelings, Lipson uses all the narrative forces available. The novel is her most profound examination of love. – – Timothy and Nathan are the best characters Lipson has ever created.”
Emmi Itäranta has been awarded City of Tampere’s Literature Prize for her second novel The City of Woven Streets. The jury stated that “Itäranta has woven a dreamy, mysterious and captivating story, told in unbelievably beautiful and rich language.” Congratulations! The Finnish literary magazine Parnasso notes that “one wouldn’t want to leave the world of Itäranta’s sophomore novel.”
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RIGHTS SOLD:
Emmi Itäranta: The City of Woven Streets
WORLD ENGLISH, HarperCollins
BRAZIL, Record
FRANCE, Place des Editeurs
GEORGIA, Palitra L Publishing
HUNGARY, Metropolis Media
JAPAN, Nishimura Shoten
Katri Lipson: Detroit
WORLD RIGHTS available!
Johanna Sinisalo: The Core of the Sun
FINLAND, Teos
CZECH REPUBLIC, Euromedia
FRANCE, Actes Sud
GERMANY, Klett-Cotta
WORLD ENGLISH, Grove Atlantic
READING MATERIALS:
Emmi Itäranta: The City of Woven Streets
Full English manuscript
Katri Lipson: Detroit
English sample + synopsis
Johanna Sinisalo: The Core of the Sun
Full English manuscript
