Hippos
In the atmospheric stillness of a summer evening, Eevis and Touko, two Helsinki-based 30-somethings, encounter and reveal the mundane as well as their deepest thoughts to one another. An intense discussion of what it means to be human awakens a reader’s senses into the present moment.
Primarily written as an audiobook, Hippos is a dialogue novel that depicts with sensitivity and humour. This is an intimate, vulnerable, and realistic dialogue novel where two people reach a level of honesty they haven’t felt in a while, and find a whole life in one fleeting conversation.
A film, based on the novel, directed by Dome Karukoski, is being shot in Greece.
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“Hippos is a stylish, mastered whole that speaks the language of its target audience, the language of city 30-40-somethings, effortlessly.”
“Hippos is an achingly beautiful examination of relationships, norms, and the deviation from them. It is stories about the mating of hippos, children and childlessness, separation and inseparability. ”
“Emmi-Liia Sjöholm's new book is a fine example of the future of audiobooks: the listener feels as if they are hearing a private conversation half-secretly”
