Things That Fall From the Sky by Selja Ahava is travelling to Japan, where it will be published by Kawade Shobo Shinsa
Wonderful news: Things That Fall From the Sky by Selja Ahava is travelling to Japan, where it will be published by Kawade Shobo Shinsa, marking the 29th foreign language territory for this title.
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.
Kawade Shobo Shinsha is one of Japan’s leading publishers of books and has secured the rights in a deal brought to us by Tuttle Mori Literary Agency. Kawade Shobo Shinsha have over a century of experience in the publishing industry, having started in 1886. They have since then been the home of domestic bestsellers like Amy Yamada’s “Bed Time-Eyes” (1985) and Machi Tawara’s “Salad Memorial Day”(1987) and of international authors of high profile like Jack Kerouac, Charles Bukowski, Vladmir Nabokov, Desmond Morris, and our very own Iida Turpeinen, among others.
Warm congratulations to the author and the publisher!