Roots, the warm-hearted hit of the season, gathers enthusiastic reviews

Miika Nousiainen’s warm-hearted feel-good novel Roots is on top again – the paperback edition has reached #1 status on the Finnish bestseller list of Finnish and foreign paperbacks. Hurrah!

Additionally, the readers are loving the story in Germany, where the novel was published by Nagel & Kimche two months ago: it is already in its second printing and the reviews are great:

“An amusing and thoughtful novel from Finland!” – Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany

“A quirky Nordic story that’s simply fun!“ – Brigitte Extra, Germany

“Quirky humor, a good story, a happy end. Reading is rarely as deliciously amusing while also educative about dental hygiene and public health.” – NDR Kultur, Germany

Roots has been published already in Dutch, Lithuanian, Swedish, German and very recently, Czech. The Hungarian and Italian editions are still underway. See below for a selection of foreign covers!

If you’re into some “snappy, funny, slangy” (SRF1, Germany) reads, do get in touch with us for reading materials!

Rights sold:
FINLAND, Otava (Original publisher)
CZECH REPUBLIC, XYZ
GERMANY, Nagel & Kimche
HUNGARY, Kossuth
ITALY, Iperborea
LITHUANIA, Alma Littera
NETHERLANDS, Prometheus
SWEDEN, Brombergs

About author


Miika Nousiainen

Miika Nousiainen (b. 1973 in Säynätsalo) has worked as a news and current affairs journalist for MTV3's news department. In addition, he has written for several popular TV-shows.

Nousiainen’s debut novel, Raspberry Boat Refugee (2007), tells the story of Mikko Virtanen, a man who desperately wants to become Swedish at any cost. In this tragicomic work, Nousiainen makes sharp observations about our western neighbor and illustrates that we’re all self-proclaimed experts on Sweden.

Roots (2016) follows the search for a missing father, taking readers across continents from Lieksa, Finland, to Australia. The book was also well-received internationally.

In Facelift (2020), Nousiainen gently explores themes of family and the longing for connection.

In addition he has written The Danger of the Long Distance Runner (2009) and Forrest Giant (2011). 

Nousiainen's novels have been adapted countless times and translated into languages such as Swedish, German, Dutch, Italian, and Estonian.

Miika Nousiainen have been awarded with: Laila Hirvisaari Foundation Grant (2008), Kalevi Jäntti Prize (2009) and Honorable Mention in the Sports Museum Foundation’s Sports Book of the Year Competition (2010)

Bibliography


2024, Commercial/Upmarket, Humor

Push, Pace, Position, Pray

Miika Nousiainen


2020, Commercial/Upmarket, Humor

Facelift

Miika Nousiainen


2016, Humor

Roots

Miika Nousiainen


2007, Humor

Raspberry Boat Refugee

Miika Nousiainen