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Selja Ahava

    Selja Ahava is an author whose works delve into profound human emotions and existential questions. Her style is often described as poetic and introspective, with a focus on detail and atmosphere. Ahava's writing centers on exploring the complexities of relationships and the search for meaning in everyday life. Her prose invites readers to reflect on their own experiences and perspectives.

    Selja Ahava
    Der Tag, an dem ein Wal durch London schwamm
    Things that Fall from the Sky
    • Things that Fall from the Sky

      • 240 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      WINNER OF THE 2016 EU PRIZE FOR LITERATURE One quirk of fate can send life spiralling in the most unexpected direction... A young girl loses her mother when a block of ice falls from the sky. A woman wins the jackpot twice. A man is struck by lightning four times. Coincidence? Or something more? Things That Fall from the Sky is the tale of three lives that are changed forever by random events. But it is also a meditation on the endurance of love, the passage of time and the pain of loss. Selja Ahava, one of Finland's best-loved novelists, weaves these stories together in an unforgettable, one-of-a-kind fable about the twists and turns that can define a lifetime.

      Things that Fall from the Sky2017
      3.6
    • Als alte Frau blickt Anna zurück auf ihr Leben, so, wie sie sich jetzt, da ihr Gedächtnis nachlässt, daran erinnert. An schöne wie an schwere Momente, an die Zeit in Finnland wie auch an den Neuanfang mit Thomas in England. Vor allem erinnert sie sich an ihr Häuschen mit den blauen Vorhängen auf einer Schäreninsel, inmitten von Möwen, Schilf und krummen Kiefern, wo sie die Sommer mit ihrer großen Liebe Antti verbrachte – und natürlich an den Tag, an dem ein Wal durch London schwamm ...

      Der Tag, an dem ein Wal durch London schwamm2014
      3.5