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Tangled Roots

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An old soldier carves a croft out of the Finnish forest and calls it home, but try as he might to tame the land, its wild magic endures. For centuries his descendants will work the farm, through days of plenty and famine, love and war, their... Read More
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An old soldier carves a croft out of the Finnish forest and calls it home, but try as he might to tame the land, its wild magic endures. For centuries his descendants will work the farm, through days of plenty and famine, love and war, their fates entangled with the rhythms of the ancient wilderness, where mysterious shapes flit between the trees and danger lurks in the treacherous fen...

Like dragonflies darting over the marsh, their lives glimmer briefly and then are gone: a young girl entranced by the forest folk, a faithless fiancΓ© who meets his match beneath the age-old branches, a farmhand with a strange obsession...

What endures is the wild, and the certainty that wherever we put down roots, the land will grow roots in us too.

Tangled Roots by Maria Turtschaninoff explores these timeless themes through a tapestry woven with human ambitions and the enduring, untameable essence of nature.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781805330158

Publisher: Pushkin Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 May 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Pushkin Press

Contributors:

  • Translated by Annie Prime

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 416

About the Author

Maria Turtschaninoff is known for crafting lyrical, historically inspired fantasy stories starring strong female protagonists. She is a two-time winner of the Society of Swedish Literature Prize, a nominee for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, and winner of the 2014 Finlandia Junior Prize. Maria has a Master of Arts in human ecology and works full-time as a writer. Her Red Abbey Chronicles, YA fantasy novels Maresi, Naondel, Maresi Red Mantle have sold in 31 territories around the world. Tangled Roots is Maria's first adult novel.

A.A. Prime is an award-winning translator from Swedish to English. Her previous translations for Pushkin Children's include Maria Turtschaninoff's Red Abbey Chronicles.

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