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Laura Lindstedt’s Oneiron (Teos 2015) has reached second place on Finland’s official bestseller list, and is the highest-selling literary fiction title in the list. The novel, which won the prestigious Finlandia Prize in late November, is already in its third printing.
Oneiron is also generating waves internationally, with rights sold in four territories to date: in Denmark to Rosinante (in pre-empt), in Hungary to Scolar, in Bulgaria to Faber, and in Lithuania to Versus Aureus.
Oneiron was also included on Publishers Weekly‘s list of International Hot Book Properties this week; see here for the article!
“Oneiron is a wonderful and ambitious novel, original and intelligent. At the same time it is impressively tangible and almost corporeal, with such an interesting and warm tone of voice.”
– Marie Vinter, Editor, Rosinante, Denmark
“The contemporary Finnish literary scene is home to amazingly talented authors. It’s time for readers all over the world to discover them. We had the good fortune of becoming acquainted with an unparalleled new voice, Laura Lindstedt. We believe that her name will become unforgettable for Hungarian readers.”
– Andrea Illés, editor, Scolar, Hungary
“The author’s ingenious way of renewing the form and structure of the novel is downright striking, and she does so in an extremely reader-friendly manner!”
– Heikki Harma, Finlandia Prize juror, musician and journalist
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 meet in an empty, blank space after their respective deaths. Time, as we understand it, has ceased to exist, and all bodily sensations are gradually disappearing.
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
DENMARK, Rosinante
BULGARIA, Faber
HUNGARY, Scolar
LITHUANIA, Versus Aureus
RIGHTS SOLD: SCISSORS
Original publisher: FINLAND, Teos
DENMARK, Turbine
Prizes, Oneiron
Finlandia Prize 2015
Toisinkoinen Prize 2015
Prizes, Scissors:
Nominated for the Finlandia Prize 2007
Nominated for the Helsingin Sanomat Literature Prize 2007
Reading material: Oneiron
English sample
English synopsis
Finnish edition
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