芬蘭: Fishing for the Little Pike
When Elina makes her annual summer pilgrimage to her remote family farm in Lapland, she has three days to catch the pike in a local pond, or she and the love of her life will both die. This year her task is made even more difficult by the intervention of a host of deadly supernatural creatures and a murder detective on her tail. Mysterious creatures wander the tundra bogs like machines set in motion long ago that nobody knows how to turn off. And in a little pond in the middle of the swamp lives the fish that everything depends on. Fishing for the Little Pike is a linguistically virtuosic novel, at once love story and mythical fantasy, that will make you choke with laughter one minute and turn deadly serious the next.
Author:
Juhani Karila, born in 1985, is a Finnish author known for his unique blend of magical realism, folklore, and humor. He grew up in Lapland, and currently lives in Helsinki. Karila holds a master's degree in communication theory from Tampere University and has worked as a journalist, including as a culture reporter for Helsingin Sanomat. Karila’s debut novel Fishing for the Little Pike (2019) won the Kalevi Jäntti Prize, the Tähtifantasia Prize, and the Jarkko Laine Prize. In Finland Karila is admired for bringing fresh energy and a playful approach to Finnish literature.Performer (Book Reading)：
Gavin CoatesVenue:
Habyt8 Wa Yin Fong West, Central
