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About the Author and Translator
 
 
AUTHOR

Asko Sahlberg, born in 1964, has acquired a fame in Finland that has yet to be replicated in the
English-speaking
world. He published his first novel in 2000 and has written steadily since then, completing his ninth work,
The Brothers
, in 2010.

TRANSLATORS

Emily Jeremiah and Fleur Jeremiah unite as a
multilingual
mother-and-daughter translation team. Emily has an MA in Creative Writing and a PhD in German Studies. Fleur, her mother, is Finnish and has translated both fiction and non-fiction for many years.

EDITOR

Meike Ziervogel is the publisher of Peirene Press. She is also the editor of its books.

PROOFREADER

Lesley Levene is a writer and editor who has worked in publishing for thirty years.

 

Copyright
 
 

First published in English in 2011
by Peirene Press, 17 Cheverton Road, London, N19 3BB
www.peirenepress.com

 

This ebook edition first published in 2012.

 

First published under the original Finnish title He
By Werner Söderström Ltd (WSOY)
Copyright © Asko Sahlberg and Werner Söderström Ltd, 2010, Helsinki, Finland

 

This translation © Emily Jeremiah and Fleur Jeremiah, 2011

 

This work has been translated with the financial assistance of FILI – Finnish Literature Exchange.

 

The right of Asko Sahlberg to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with Section 77 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

 

All rights reserved. This ebook is copyright material and must not be copied, reproduced, transferred, distributed, leased, licensed or publicly performed or used in any way except as specifically permitted in writing by the publishers, as allowed under the terms and conditions under which it was purchased or as strictly permitted by applicable copyright law. Any unauthorised distribution or use of this text may be a direct infringement of the author’s and publisher’s rights, and those responsible may be liable in law accordingly  

 

ISBN 978–1–9086700–4–5

 

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places and events are either the product of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

 

Designed by Sacha Davison-Lunt.

 
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