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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 8 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book An Illustrated Kalevala: Myths and Legends from Finland by Kirsti Makinen
    An Illustrated Kalevala: Myths and Legends from Finland - by Kirsti Makinen

    £20.00   hardback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781782506430 | ISBN 10: 1782506438

    Encounter magical shamans, mighty eagles and terrifying beasts in this lavishly illustrated, adaptation of the classic Finnish epic.   This superb prose retelling of Finland's national folk saga is brought to life with exquisitely detailed artwork ... more

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  • Cover image of book My Cat Yugoslavia by Pajtim Statovci
    My Cat Yugoslavia - by Pajtim Statovci

    £8.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781782273608 | ISBN 10: 1782273603

    Yugoslavia, 1980s: a 16-year-old Muslim girl named Emine is married off to a man she hardly knows. But what was meant to be a happy match soon goes terribly wrong. Her country is torn apart by war and she flees with her family.   Decades later Emi ... more

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  • Cover image of book Helsinki Noir by James Thompson (Editor)
    Helsinki Noir - by James Thompson (Editor)

    £9.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781617752414 | ISBN 10: 161775241x

    Helsinki Noir joins Copenhagen Noir in representing the Akashic Noir Series in the far north of Europe, exposing its frigid and sometimes frightening confines.  Brand-new stories by: Leena Lehtolainen, Johanna Holmström, James Thompson, Antti Tuom ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Listener by Tove Jansson, translated by Thomas Teal
    The Listener - by Tove Jansson, translated by Thomas Teal

    £8.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781908745361 | ISBN 10: 1908745363

    Tove Jansson’s debut collection of short stories   Aunt Gerda – the good listener – fears the encroaching forgetfulness of old age. Her solution is to create an artwork that will record and, inevitably, betray the secrets long confided in her. ... more

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  • Cover image of book Purge by Sofi Oksanen
    Purge - by Sofi Oksanen

    £9.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781848872134 | ISBN 10: 1848872135

    Those who deny history are doomed to repeat it.   Purge has become an international publishing sensation and is among the most hard-hitting thrillers of recent years.  Deep in an Estonian forest, two women, one young, ... more

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  • Cover image of book Fair Play by Tove Jansson
    Fair Play - by Tove Jansson

    £7.99   paperback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780954899530 | ISBN 10: 0954899539

    "So what can happen when Tove Jansson turns her attention to her own favourite subjects, love and work, in this novel about two women, lifelong partners and friends? Expect something philosophically calm – and discreetly radical. Its publication is c ... more

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  • Cover image of book A Winter Book: Selected Stories by Tove Jansson by Selected Stories by Tove Jansson
    A Winter Book: Selected Stories by Tove Jansson - by Selected Stories by Tove Jansson

    £9.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780954899523 | ISBN 10: 0954899520

    Following the widely acclaimed and bestselling The Summer Book, here is a Winter Book collection of some of Tove Jansson's best loved and most famous stories. Drawn from youth and older age, and spanning most of the twentieth century, this newly tran ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
    The Summer Book - by Tove Jansson

    £9.99   paperback   (2003) - ISBN 13: 9780954221713 | ISBN 10: 0954221710

    An elderly artist and her six-year-old grand-daughter while away a summer together on a tiny island in the gulf of Finland. As the two learn to adjust to each other's fears, whims and yearnings, a fierce yet understated love emerges - one that encomp ... more

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