Things That Fall From The Sky by Selja Ahava is travelling to Italy, where it will be published by Barta.
Things That Fall From The Sky by Selja Ahava continues its journey out into the world and is now travelling to Italy, where it will be published by Barta. This is the 28th language territory for this title, already winner of the European Union Prize for Literature in 2015, and longlisted for various prestigious awards, including the Warwick Prize and the DUBLIN Award.
Things That Fall From The Sky tells the story of a combination of extremely unlikely events: it follows a little girl whose mother is killed by a block of ice falling from the sky, her aunt who wins the lottery twice and then falls into a weeks-long sleep, and a man who has been struck by lightning five times. Things That Fall From The Sky is a literary, touching, unconventional fairytale about how life demands to be lived, no matter what absurd events may befall people.
Selja Ahava is an acclaimed Finnish author, dramaturge, and scriptwriter. All her novels have been received with glowing reviews and award nominations and wins. Her works are published in Finland by Gummerus.
Barta is a beautiful Tuscany-based publishing house whose list includes a selection of fiction, non-fiction, children’s books and comics. They pride in publishing the books that they’d like to read themselves, and curate their selections with attention and creativity.
Congratulations to the publisher and the author!