Secret Passages in a Hillside Town

Pushkin Press (2017)

9781782273370

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404 pages | 25 x 200 mm | English

$ 27.99 | Value: $ 27.99

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Dewey 894/.54134

LC Classification PH356.J328 .H3713 2017

Genre

Fiction
Finnish fiction
Magic realist fiction

Subject

FICTION / Fantasy / Contemporary
FICTION / Fantasy / Romantic
FICTION / Literary
Finland
Finland - Fiction
Man-woman relationships
Man-woman relationships - Fiction
Publishers and publishing
Publishers and publishing - Fiction
Secrecy
Secrecy - Fiction

Plot

An atmospheric love story with a twist by the author of The Rabbit Back Literature Society.In a small hillside town, Olli Suominen - publisher and discontented husband - is constantly losing umbrellas. He has also joined a film club. And Greta, an old flame, has added him on Facebook.As his life becomes more and more entangled with Greta's, and his wife and son are dragged into the aftermath of this teenage romance, Olli is forced to make a horrible choice. But does he really want to know what the secret passages are? Can he be sure that Greta is who she seems to be? And what actually happened on that summer's day long ago?Tense, atmospheric and often very funny, Secret Passages in a Hillside Town is another magical Finnish story from the author of the acclaimed The Rabbit Back Literature Society.