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TROLL. A LOVE STORY by Johanna Sinisalo, winner of the prestigious Finlandia Prize in 2000 and sold in 19 languages, is set to relaunch today in the UK with publisher Pushkin Press! Reviews are already in with high praise for TROLL, calling it fresh and unique even in 2024. . Rights are now available in many territories.
Click here to download English reading materials for TROLL: A LOVE STORY!
Here is some featured praise:
”Troll is a thrilling descent into the deep dark Finnish forest.” — Emily Lawford, The Times
”Now smartly retitled as Troll: A Love Story, and with only the odd reference to Windows 98 and CD-Roms to show its age, Finnish novelist Johanna Sinisalo’s debut feels fresh and bright. It has a playfulness and charm that you can’t fake, and that’s worth celebrating.” — John Self, The Guardian
”Originally published in Finland in 2001, Sinisalo’s debut novel won the prestigious Finlandia Award. With its focus on queer desire and ‘beasts’ of all kinds, this updated translation – which also nods to climate change and society’s othering of what it doesn’t know or understand – reads as if it could have been written yesterday. Clever, funny, dark and tender – it’s the love story you never knew you needed.” — EDITOR’S PICK, Catherine Jarvie, Marie Claire
Adding to the excitement, Swedish writer/director Måns Mårlind (The Bridge) and Tuppence Middleton (Downton Abbey) are adapting TROLL by Johanna Sinisalo, and are currently developing it for the screen and Middleton is set to direct. More updates soon!
Ennen päivänlaskua ei voi, Tammi 2000, 268 pp
Reading Material:
English edition
RIGHTS SOLD:
FINLAND: Tammi (orig.)
DENMARK: Jensen & Dalgaard
FRANCE: Actes Sud
GERMANY: Tropen (Klett-Cotta)
UK: Pushkin Press
USA: Grove Atlantic
