Beasts of the Sea continues to make waves as the foreign editions roll in– mark your calendars for the upcoming English editions!
The foreign editions of Beasts of the Sea by Iida Turpeinen are conquering the international literary scene: over a dozen foreign are already out, and the British edition, published by MacLehose, will officially hit the shelves tomorrow, October 23rd – while the American edition, out with Little, Brown will land on November 18th.
Author Iida Turpeinen has been touring across Europe to promote the editions on a tight schedule: in mid September she visited Poland, where the Polish edition is out with Poznanskie and the book has been welcomed warmly. In early October Turpeinen attended the Folio Festival in Portugal, where Beasts of the Sea is published by Porto Editora.
Beasts of the Sea has also hit the shelves in Greece, where it is published by Ikaros, and has been welcomed with great reviews. On the Kathimerini newspaper the book has been reviewed commenting that “The author combines scientific accuracy with what has been going on in our minds for years now in the novels of American author Richard Powers. Her narrative is not linear but circular. It is as if she is following the biological rhythms dictated by nature itself. Her style is restrained and dense, but never cold. Here, nature is not a backdrop; it is the protagonist. And man does not stand above it, but within it. With all his mistakes, ambitions, and arrogance.“
In the lead-up to the release of the British edition the newspaper The Guardian has interviewed Turpeinen, diving into the themes of the book and exploring how the book was received both domestically and internationally.
Beasts of the Sea is a literary achievement and a breathtaking adventure through three centuries that approaches natural diversity through individual destinies. Steller’s sea cow, a sirenian lost to extinction centuries ago, is revived on the pages and is the red thread that ties together the individual fates of a group of people throughout the centuries. The novel won multiple awards, and was nominated for the Finlandia Prize domestically, and ran as the Best Foreign Book of the Year in France in 2024, and for the Premio Strega in Italy earlier this year.
Mark your calendars, and don’t miss out on this title!
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