Fantastic news for Karin Erlandsson‘s Home: Wielka Litera has non-exclusively acquired the Polish rights for one of the stories featured in the book.
Home is an outstanding example of giving voice to a place: the entire book is set in Åland, a Swedish-speaking island in Finland, and is in itself a character.
The limitation of space is compensated by the narrative choice of expanding the horizon of time: the book takes the reader from ninth-century Saltvik to present-day Mariehamn with the help of a chain of stories, resulting in what can be described as an episodic novel . Each tale is independent, but somehow linked to the others and the main focus lies on traditionally unsung heroes: the women who stay on the island when the men set out to sea.
Wielka Litera has decided to include the second tale, Ragnhild, in an upcoming anthology that gathers works by prominent Nordic authors.
The book has previously been sold to Denmark, where it has been published by Straarup, making this its 2nd international deal. In Finland, the book is published by Schildts & Söderströms.
Warm congratulations to the author!