{"product_id":"fishing-for-the-little-pike-paperback","title":"Fishing for the Little Pike - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJuhani Karila\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLola Rogers\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the utterly original, genre-defying, English-language debut of Finnish author Juhani Karila, a young woman's annual pilgrimage to her home in Lapland to catch an elusive pike in three days is complicated by a host of mythical creatures, a murder detective hot on her trail, and a deadly curse hanging over her head.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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 more difficult by the intervention of a host of deadly supernatural creatures and a murder detective on her tail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan Elina catch the pike and put to rest the curse that has been hanging over her head since a youthful love affair turned sour? Can Sergeant Janatuinen make it back to civilization in one piece? And just why is Lapland in summer so weird?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFishing for the Little Pike\u003c\/em\u003e is an audacious, genre-defying blend of fantasy, folk tale, and nature writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJuhani Karila\u003c\/strong\u003e is an award-winning author and journalist with a master's in communication theory. In 2010, Karila won the J.H. Erkko Award, and his first collection of short stories \u003cem\u003eGorilla\u003c\/em\u003e (2013), was nominated for the Helsingin Sanomat Prize. His second collection, \u003cem\u003eThe Death of the Apple Crocodile\u003c\/em\u003e (2016), is a series of connected stories about the collision of large and small worlds. Karila's debut novel \u003cem\u003eFishing for the Little Pike\u003c\/em\u003e (2019) won the Kalevi J舅tti Prize and T臧tifantasia Prize, and was nominated for the Jarkko Laine Prize. He currently lives in Helsinki, Finland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLola Rogers\u003c\/strong\u003e is a full-time literary translator living in Seattle. She has translated novels, short stories, children's books, comics, and poetry. Lola's translation of Sofi Oksanen's novel \u003cem\u003eWhen the Doves Disappeared\u003c\/em\u003e was a finalist for the 2016 Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize, and her translation of Johanna Sinisalo's \u003cem\u003eThe Core of the Sun\u003c\/em\u003e received the 2017 Prometheus Award. Lola is a founding member of the Finnish-English Literary Translation Cooperative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47389324148914,"sku":"9781632063434","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/bb5f87fef96b52db4596eae652ecda59.webp?v=1777929076","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/fishing-for-the-little-pike-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}