Ennen päivänlaskua ei voi by Johanna Sinisalo

Lewis’ Narnia books when I was young and innocent enough not to notice the Christian allegory. I recall also that I was impressed by C.S. Johanna Sinisalo: Perhaps the most influential ones – especially when I was in a very early age – were Tove Jansson’s Moomin books, especially Comet in Moominland, which was a combination of a sci-fi thriller and a quite weird fairy tale that immediately hooked me on Jansson’s books. : What kinds of weird or strange literature did you encounter growing up? Which writers and stories do you most remember gravitating towards?

I recently interviewed Sinisalo about weird fiction, her writing, and her novel Troll, excerpted elsewhere on this site. She was also nominated for a Nebula Award in 2009 for her novelette “Baby Doll.” Her most recently published novel is Birdbrain.

Sinisalo was awarded the Finlandia Prize for literature for her first novel, Ennen päivänlaskua ei voi, later translated for America as Troll: A Love Story. An important figure in the Finnish science fiction scene since the late 1980s and early ‘90s (winning a rare back-to-back collection of Atorox Awards for short fiction in the genre), she was also the first Finnish science fiction writer to make a mainstream breakthrough by breaking genre barriers. Johanna Sinisalo is a Finnish science fiction and fantasy writer.

Ennen päivänlaskua ei voi by Johanna Sinisalo