Your Love Is Infinite

Maria Peura

Original title: On rakkautes ääretön

Author: Maria Peura

Published: 2001

Publisher: Tammi

Genre: Literary Fiction

Pages: 224

Reading material:

Finnish text

Spanish translation

A shocking yet bright work about a harsh subject.

Your Love Is Infinite tells about 6-year-old Saara, who has been taken to her grandparents’ house for the summer because her parents aren’t able to care for her. Grandpa is the only adult Saara believes loves her, but it is precisely his violent love that drives Saara into a world of fantasy and guilt. Saara longs for her mother, but she isn’t able to help, and Saara is left to her grandfather’s mercy.

Without blaming anyone, Peura weaves a taut, beautiful, powerful tale about a difficult subject: incest. She writes about children’s trust and dependence, and how they manage to survive.

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Rights sold:
FINLAND: Tammi (orig.)
SPAIN: Editorial Sexto Piso

About author

Maria Peura

Maria Peura is a prize-winning author and dramaturge. She was given the prestigious Young Aleksis Kivi Prize, and nominated for the Finlandia Prize, for her debut novel Your Love Is Infinite (On rakkautes ääretön) in 2001. It also received received the Olvi Foundation Award and the Good Deed for Children Award. At the Edge of Light (Valon reunalla), received stellar reviews both in Finland and in the UK, where it was published in 2007. Among Peura’s other works is a collection of poetry for children.

Bibliography


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Your Love Is Infinite