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Oneiron (Teos 2015), author Laura Lindstedt’s awaited follow-up to her 2007 Finlandia Prize-nominated Scissors (Teos), arrived in Finnish bookstores last week.
Set in an undefined white space in which seven women meet just seconds after their deaths, Oneiron is receiving a veritable standing ovation from critics. Many are praising Lindstedt’s rich characterizations, bold and inimitable prose and ability to mix narrative styles.
Contact the Agency for a full English synopsis and excerpt of Oneiron! An English sample will be available in October.
Praise for Oneiron:
“Lindstedt’s debut Scissors was a 2007 Finlandia Prize nominee, and it would be a surprise if Oneiron doesn’t receive the same honor, in the very least. On an international scale this is an exceptionally bright pearl of high literature – a novel that is close to perfect.”
– Aamulehti newspaper, Finland
”Lindstedt’s prose offers many things that can’t be conceptualized…they can simply be felt. Lindstedt doesn’t shy away from her ambition, and writes deep, high literature that is becoming more and more rare…Oneiron is likely to earn its place among the international best of Finnish literature.”
– Kannesta canteen, sivuista sivuille (“Cover to Cover, Page to Page”) literature blog, Finland
“I’ve never read anything like Oneiron. In the best possible way.”
– Lukutoukan kulttuuriblogi (“Bookworm’s Literature Blog”), Finland
About Oneiron:
Performance artist Shlomith from New York, chief accountant Polina from Moscow, heart transplant patient Rosa Imaculada from Brazil, upper-crust Nina of Marseilles who is expecting twins, cancer patient Wlbgis from the Netherlands, aspiring model Maimuna from Senegal and Austrian teenager Ulrike have all ended up in an empty, blank space. Time, as we understand it, has ceased to exist, and all bodily sensations seem to have disappeared.
Lindstedt plays with genres from essay to poetry, transitioning from humor to rage – while asking her reader to contemplate the question of death’s inevitability.
RIGHTS SOLD: ONEIRON
Original publisher: FINLAND, Teos
RIGHTS SOLD: SCISSORS
Original publisher: FINLAND, Teos
DENMARK, Turbine
Prizes
Nominated for the Helsingin Sanomat Literature Prize 2007
Nominated for the Finlandia Prize 2007
Reading material: Oneiron
English excerpt
English sample available in October!
English synopsis
Finnish edition
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