Winner of the Jarkko Laine Literature Prize
In 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.
When 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.
Can 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?
Fishing for the Little Pike is an audacious, genre-defying blend of
fantasy, folk tale, and nature writing.