{"id":3036,"date":"2024-10-16T10:20:50","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T07:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siirienoranta.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=3036"},"modified":"2026-03-11T09:18:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T06:18:49","slug":"nocturnal-lifelines","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/siirienoranta.com\/en\/product\/nocturnal-lifelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Nocturnal Lifelines"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The atrophied wings of the <em>Homo arboris<\/em> remind them <span lang=\"en-US\">of their ancestors&#8217; ability to<\/span> fly into the skies. Opulent mansions surround the lung trees, to which everyone must attach themselves for the night in order to survive. Rumours of the Mother tree spreading poisonous pollen and the creatures living on it&#8217;s branches circulate the <span lang=\"en-US\">balls and bacchanals that the nobility loves to throw<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Freedom seeking Katica is used to charming the<span lang=\"en-US\"> aristocratic circles<\/span>, until the fascinating art patroness Sera captures her interest. Katica&#8217;s brother is designing a flying machine to reach the skies once more. But that doesn&#8217;t bode well with the ideology of the Doctor Marquis reigning the high society. With a single act Katica destroys both her brother&#8217;s and the Doctor Marquis&#8217; plans.<\/p>\n<p>A spiral of revenge breaks loose, leaving the world shaken.<\/p>\n<p>Nocturnal Lifelines is a mysterious, intelligent novel, a decadent fantasy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nocturnal Lifelines won the T\u00e4htivaeltaja Award in 2025 and was nominated for the Finnish Literary Export \/ Torch Bearer Prize 2024 and<\/strong><strong> for the Kuvastaja Prize 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Hungarian rights of Nocturnal Lifelines have been acquired by publisher Polar, and Latvian rights by publisher Aminori.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<table class=\"woocommerce-product-attributes shop_attributes\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"woocommerce-product-attributes-item woocommerce-product-attributes-item--attribute_publisher\">\n<th class=\"woocommerce-product-attributes-item__label\">Publisher:<\/th>\n<td class=\"woocommerce-product-attributes-item__value\">\u00a0Gummerus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"woocommerce-product-attributes-item woocommerce-product-attributes-item--attribute_year\">\n<th class=\"woocommerce-product-attributes-item__label\">Year:<\/th>\n<td class=\"woocommerce-product-attributes-item__value\">\u00a02024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"woocommerce-product-attributes-item woocommerce-product-attributes-item--attribute_formats\">\n<th class=\"woocommerce-product-attributes-item__label\">Formats:<\/th>\n<td class=\"woocommerce-product-attributes-item__value\">\u00a0Book, Audio Book, E-book<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"woocommerce-product-attributes-item woocommerce-product-attributes-item--attribute_cover\">\n<th class=\"woocommerce-product-attributes-item__label\">Cover:<\/th>\n<td class=\"woocommerce-product-attributes-item__value\">\u00a0Sanna-Reeta Meilahti<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Caption<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>&#8221;<span style=\"font-family: Times Roman, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Katica tossing tickory tree cones into the fireplace,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times Roman, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">telling lies,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times Roman, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">dancing like the night would never end,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times Roman, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">lying in a puddle of sap,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times Roman, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">pressing her face against the inner surface of Sera&#8217;s wings,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times Roman, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">gathering up stiff carcasses of toads. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times Roman, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Katica walking beside an impenetrable bramble of thorns hour after hour.<\/span><\/span>&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Reviews<\/h3>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201d<\/em><em>&#8230;an excellent novel about human-like creatures that tickles one&#8217;s imagination. \u2013 \u2013 Charming and moving as a whole. \u2013 \u2013 The characters in the novel are skillfully constructed, and the protagonists, in particular, are multi-dimensional and full of human contradictions.<\/em><em>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Toni Jerrman, Helsingin Sanomat newspaper<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c<\/em><em>Nocturnal Lifelines is\u2026 a stunning revenge novel. \u2013 \u2013 Enoranta knows how to open up the structure of the spiral of the revenge and how to describe its violence, for both the perpetrator and the opponent in every possible way<\/em><i>.<\/i><em>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Mari Viertola, Turun Sanomat newspaper<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8221;Enoranta&#8217;s eleventh novel is a splendid example of artistically ambitious fantasy literature. \u2013 \u2013 It is closer to surrealism than to Tolkien.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Artemis Kelosaari, Suomen Kuvalehti magazine<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8221;Soulful and unique, immersive novel&#8230; \u2013 \u2013 This first class work captivates regardless of time and place, prompting the reader to reflect on their own choises and the consequences of those choises. 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