Jak ulovit malou štiku – Karila Juhani (2024)

In the pond in the middle of the swamp lives a pike, on which everything depends. ***** Elina Ylijaaková returns to her native eastern Lapland just like every summer. She has three days to catch a small pike there. However, the pond is guarded by a treacherous water spirit, and soon other ancient creatures appear, turning Elina's fishing expedition into a fight for life and death. On top of all this, she must resolve her complicated relationship with a local artist. ***** Strange unknown beings resembling machines crawl out of the swamp in the tundra, machines that someone set in motion long ago and which no one can turn off today. A mischievous creature breaks into the kitchen and devours yesterday's soup, and a centuries-old demon finds a new home in the body of the mayor. ***** How to Catch a Small Pike is a linguistically polished, multi-layered novel. It conceals a story with a detective plot, spiced with biting humor, magical realism, and Finnish-Lapland mythology, but also a love drama and a ruthless critique of the contemporary lifestyle with a negative impact on the environment.