Lauri Viita’s MORAINE sold to Germany!

Lauri Viita’s most renowned work MORAINE (Moreeni, WSOY 1950) will be published by Guggolz Verlag in German translation!

“I can hardly describe how delighted I am to be able to publish this moving, almost heartbreakingly beautiful autobiographical novel by Lauri Viita in a new, contemporary German translation. “Moreeni” is full of atmosphere and affection, telling us so much about the social and societal conditions in Finland at the beginning of the 20th century, set amid the beautiful landscapes of Tampere, but far from idyllic lakes and forests, and marked by work and poverty – it touches on the universal feelings of growing up and everyday life. One of the most beautiful, heartwarming, most human novels in European literature that I know.” —Sebastian Guggolz, Publisher