num_pages: 871
description: A celebration of a legendary Finnish author with several novels stories and appreciations. For readers of Ursula K. Le Guin Milan Kundera Virginia Woolf Tove Jansson and Italo Calvino. Over 800 pages covering Leena Krohn's entire career. One of the most important books published in the U.S. this year. [Leena Krohns Collected Fiction] is as important a publishing event in its own way as New Directions release... of Clarice Lispectors Complete Stories. - The Mumpsimus An extraordinary writer who deserves to be better known to readers in Englishwhich thanks to this excellent collection is now possible. Reminiscent of Calvino Borges and Lem. - STARRED REVIEW Kirkus Translations by: Eva Buckwald Bethany Fox Hildi Hawkins Anselm Hollo Vivii Hyvnen Leena Likitalo Herbert Lomas J. Robert Tupasela and Anna Volmari. Nonfiction by Minna Jerrman Desirina Boskovich Matthew Cheney. From cities of giant insects to a mysterious woman claiming to be the female Don Quixote Leena Krohns fiction has fascinated and intrigued readers for over forty years. Within these covers you will discover a pelican that can talk and a city of gold. You will find yourself exploring a future of intelligence both artificial and biotech along with a mysterious plant that induces strange visions. Krohn writes eloquently passionately about the nature of reality the nature of Nature and what it means to be human. One of Finlands most iconic writers translated into many languages and winner of the prestigious Finlandia Prize Krohn has had an incredibly distinguished career. Collected Fiction provides readers with a rich thick omnibus of the best of her work. This collection includes several previously unpublished English translations foremost among them the novels Pereat Mundus and The Pelican's New Clothes. Other novels included are: Tainaron Dona Quixote Ophir City of Gold and Datura. 
language: English
title: Leena Krohn: Collected Fiction
publisher: Cheeky Frawg Books