Pereat Mundus by Leena Krohn 192 pages (5.5” x 8.5”) Available Spring 2009 Paperback ISBN: 1-890650-26-9 Signed & Numbered Collectors Hard Cover Edition       (Only 500 copies to be published) ISBN 1-890650-27-7

This is a lyric, poignantly satiric novel about an everyman character, Håkan. In the 36 chapters of the book, the various Håkans respond to intriguingly different and foreboding futures. The novel is a deft criticism of the false values of an obsessively materialistic society, and their potentially cataclysmic impact upon the world. Yet the book is nonetheless richly imbued with a deep appreciation for the values of human kindness and intelligence. This book is the winner of the Young Aleksis Kivi Prize.

Leena Krohn is a winner of the Finlandia Prize, Finland’s highest literary award. She was born in 1947 in Helsinki, Finland. She has studied philosophy, psychology and literature at Helsinki University and has written about twenty-five books: novels, short stories, fantasy stories, poems and essays. Her books have been translated into more than ten languages. Tainaron, Mail from Another City (also translated into English by Hildi Hawkins) was published in the U.S. by Prime Books in 2004. Krohn lives in Southern Finland.

Praise for Pereat Mundus

“Pereat Mundus conists of 36 chapters, each of which is a whle, existing in its own universe. Together these form an epic vision of the apocalyptic world of the future. I cannot recommend this novel enough, there simply are not enough superlatives. To put it plainly: read it!”