The Thick of the Forest by Linnea Kuuluvainen continues its journey out into the world: Septime has secured the German rights, marking the fifth foreign deal for this title.
Linnea Kuuluvainen‘s brilliant debut The Thick of the Forest continues to enchant foreign publishers: it is now travelling to the German-speaking world, where it will be published by Septime. This is the fifth foreign deal for this title, that has already travelled to Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, and Slovakia.
The Thick of the Forest is a literary dystopian novel that follows two women, Edla and Ingrid, along two different timelines on the background of a Finnish forest that is raging against human exploitation, and of an increasingly authoritarian state. As the two women’s stories intertwine in unexpected ways, the book explores the relationship between mankind and nature with a rich, enchanting language. For its themes and sharp eye on women’s rights in authoritarian states, and for its strong characters, The Thick of the Forest can be pitched as a twist on Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale set in the Finnish forest.
The Thick of the Forest is author Linnea Kuuluvainen’s debut, and was nominated for the Helsingin Sanomat Literature Prize for the best debut of the year upon its release, and it is currently running for the Mirrormere Prize. In Finland, it is published by Gummerus.
Septime is an Austrian publishing house with a carefully curated selection of domestic and international authors. They are the publishers of, among others, Jan Kjærstad, Pascal Garnier, Ryū Murakami, and Ute Cohen.
Warmest congratulations to the author and the publisher!