HATCHET GRANDMA(KUOKKAMUMMO)

Book ID/图书代码： 06435014B72717

English Summary/英文概要： Remember. No one talks.

For generations, the legend of the Hatchet Grandma has haunted the quiet residential area of Suvikylä in Finland. It is told by teenagers who gather in the basements of local apartment buildings and inside abandoned villas in the surrounding forests. This folklore is fueled by the mysterious disappearances that have taken place in the area over decades.

Saila returns to her childhood stomping grounds to work on her doctoral thesis on urban folkore.

She is surprised to find out that the legend of the Hatchet Grandma seems to have lived on to this day, uninterrupted by the modern world. Despite the presence of smartphones and computers, teenagers still hold secret storytelling sessions and talk about an elderly woman who kidnaps and kills children with a hatchet. And more amazingly, the legend seems to have grown from a simple scary story into a semi-cult with its rules and traditions. Saila is excited and hires a teenage Somali girl as her informant to report on the storytelling sessions. When the girl disappears, Saila realizes that she might be dealing with something far more serious than she expected.

Another returnee is Samuel, who comes back to the area in order to arrange for the funeral of his father whom he hasn’t seen since he left home at the age of eighteen. In his father’s apartment, Samuel finds an old VHS tape with his name on it. When he watches it, he is shocked to see a secretly filmed intimate moment with his first love Julia, who disappeared mysteriously in 1987. On the tape, Julia turns to look at the camera and says something as if trying to send a message.

Confused by who could have filmed the tape, Samuel is suddenly overwhelmed by repressed childhood memories. What is more, he is faced with the possibility that Julia might still be alive.

In their own ways, both Saila and Samuel are forced to embark on a quest to look for answers for some of the darker questions concerning their childhood. This leads them to the deserted, decaying villas on the outskirts of the residential area and a secret history that gave birth to the story of the Hatchet Grandma, a bloody legend that might not be legend at all. This is a legend that has the power to scare people into silence and make those who dare to speak disappear.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： “短柄斧奶奶杀了许多孩子，她用斧子打向你的右肩胛骨之间，如此用力挥去以至于你肺部顿时将失去呼吸的能力，而你的腿也会一时间失去知觉。随后她转向你另一面，深处她可怕的舌头，接下去你就玩玩了。”

聚集在芬兰地郊区的青少年，常在当地防空洞内用这个短柄斧奶奶的故事来恫吓对方。这仅仅是一场游戏,或是源于一些现实的事情?Maisa正在撰写一部关于城市民俗的论文，她把目光放在自己的家乡,一个在当地的孩子中疯传的传统故事。Hazy一直以来都回不去Samuel对自己童年回忆和年轻时的稚爱的困扰,他的这次返乡是为了搞清这些。如果短柄斧奶奶纯粹是都市传奇,为什么有人消失,再也没有出现?海滩上一座废弃的房子里究竟发生了什么?这个传说是否无形中有种力量能让吓得沉默,让那些敢说话的人永远消失。(Sandy)

Awards/获奖情况：Hatchet Grandma is a gripping Gothic thriller and a sinister love story that grows more intense as each new piece of the puzzle is revealed. With a rapid pacing reminiscent a Stephen King novel and the eeriness of Twin Peaks it recalls the pains of adolescence – a time when the light always feels brighter and the shadows much, much deeper.

“Granny Hatchet is grippingly constructed; it combines urban legend, ancient sea creatures, conspiracy theories, growing pains and traumas from adulthood. And, most importantly, it holds a reader effectively in its grasp. This is a truly scary book….the stakes grow higher from one chapter to the next, and character destinies become intertwined…Hautala is a trailblazer who, from one book to the next, has elevated Finnish horror to a new level.” – Turun sanomat newspaper, Finland
“Hautala represents the elite of Finnish horror literature…Granny Hatchet forces a reader to stay up in the dark and read – no, devour – just one more chapter of his seamless prose.” – Morren maailma (“Morre’s World”) literature blog, Finland

About the Author/作者介绍： Marko Hautala (b. 1973) is an author and a teacher who used to work in a psychiatric hospital in Finland. His first novel, The Self-Illuminated Ones (Itsevalaisevat, 2008), received the Tiiliskivi Prize. In 2010 Hautala received the Kalevi Jäntti Literary Prize for Young Authors for Shrouds.

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Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE

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Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：RIGHTS SOLD: WORMS Original publisher: FINLAND, Tammi GERMANY, DTV SHROUDS Original publisher: FINLAND, Tammi GERMANY, DTV ITALY, Newton Compton SHORT STORY U.S, Cheeky Frawg
German rights -DTV
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