Reading | Lesung, Presentation | Präsentation

Ville Tietäväinen. Photo: Pertti Nisonen
Date
11.10.2014  
Time
10:00 
Moderator
Stefan Pannor 
Place
At the Frankfurt Book Fair

 

Ville Tietäväinen and Petteri Tikkanen are creators of graphic novels, a fairly uncommon format in the small Finnish book market. Both are recipients of the Finlandia Comic Prize. Tietäväinen's Invisible Hands (Unsichtbare Hände) tells the story of Rashid, who leaves his homeland Morocco in search of a better life in Europe. In Eero (available in German translation as Blitzkrieg der Liebe), Tikkanen tells about a Finnish boy and his struggle growing up. Where do dreams lead their dreamers? Halle 4.1, stand Q17