Lumikko ja yhdeksän muuta
core novel 2006 Lumikko ja yhdeksän muuta (The Rabbit Back Literature Society)
Record
| First published | 2006 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  FI |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.48 (6,444 ratings, collected 2026-11-03) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9789517964517 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Ella Milana, an unsettled substitute teacher of language and literature, returns to her hometown of Rabbit Back as her father's dementia worsens. The town is known for its Literature Society, founded by the world-famous children's writer Laura White, who long ago promised to train ten gifted children as writers but found only nine. Ella is invited to become the long-awaited tenth member. Soon odd things begin to happen around the society's winter party, and Ella starts to dig into the group's past, using a risky parlour method called the Game to draw out secrets. The novel mixes mystery, magical realism and fantasy, and plays with how writers use real lives as material.
Where it sits
- Universe: Lumikko ja yhdeksän muuta (The Rabbit Back Literature Society)
- Series: The Rabbit Back Literature Society core; position 1 of 1 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen
Awards (verified)
- Kuvastaja Award (Best fantasy book of the year (Finnish Tolkien Society)), 2007: won
Notes
- First published in Finnish by Atena in 2006; published in English in 2015 as The Rabbit Back Literature Society.
- From the series record (The Rabbit Back Literature Society): A standalone novel about a town's secretive literary society and its missing past.
Sources
- Rights & Brands: The Rabbit Back Literature Society
- National Library of Finland record
- GLLI: Speculative Fiction in Translation
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