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Troll: A Love Story (Paperback)

by Johanna Sinisalo (Author) "I'm starting to get worried ..." (more)

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Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic; 1st American Edition edition (Feb 25 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0802141293
ISBN-13: 978-0802141293
Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 13.7 x 2 cm
Shipping Weight: 318 g

Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

Amazon.ca Sales Rank: #177,945 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A young Finnish photographer makes a pet of an orphaned troll in this strange, sexually charged contemporary folk tale, a hit in Europe. Mikael, nicknamed Angel for his stunning blonde good looks, finds the troll behind some dustbins after a night of drinking, and feels compelled to bring it home ("It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen... I know straight away that I want it"). The troll is small and black, thoroughly wild but also oddly human, with an overpowering, arousing juniper-berry smell. Obsessed by his new companion, whom he names Pessi, Angel sets out to learn everything he can about trolls, which in the novel's world are a real but extremely rare species. Much of the book is composed of excerpts from reference works and novels, the most valuable of which is a rare volume by Gustaf Eurén, called The Wild Beasts of Finland. This book is supplied by Ecke, Angel's nerdy, fervid suitor; Angel also coerces help from a veterinarian ex-boyfriend; an advertising art director who buys his photographs and rejects his advances; and an abused Filipino mail-order bride who lives downstairs. Sinisalo's elastic prose is at once lyrical and matter-of-fact, but this is not a comfortable novel. The troll brings out Angel's animal instincts, representing all the seduction and violence of the natural world. As the troll becomes ever more unmanageable, the sense of doom grows; the ferocious ending is thoroughly unsettling.
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Thirtysomething Angel, on the way home from the bar one winter night, rescues a young troll from a gang of boys. Bleary and hungover the next morning, he thinks perhaps he dreamed the rescue--until he discovers the troll drinking from the toilet. Falling utterly under its spell, he names it, a male, Pessi, and frantically searches for information on its care and feeding. He discovers that trolls emit pheromones with powerful erotic effects on others nearby, which explains why things become bizarre for Angel. Keeping the essentially wild Pessi as a sort of pet eventually leads to disaster and an accidental killing. Angel escapes with Pessi to the forest, where he meets Pessi's older relations in a show-stopping encounter. Sinisalo's unusual, Finlandia Award-winning book tackles several tough questions, starting with, What does it mean to be human? The biggest question, however, is that sine qua non of so much fantastic literature--What if?-- and pursuing an answer leads to a hitherto unimaginable place and an ending that leaves one reeling. Paula Luedtke
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5.0 out of 5 stars Love Trolls, Aug 5 2005

By	Patrick Church (Calgary, Alberta Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

An excellent, quick read.

Sinisalo keeps her story moving with efficiency and electricity of prose. The haunting of love, its captivity and confinement, are so eloquently explored. It is at once enchanting and horrific. I can only suggest to read this book.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not at all like your Troll Doll, Jun 10 2004

By	Frances J. Berg (Lake Oswego, OR United States) - See all my reviews

It's difficult to convince people that they should read this book. Begin by mentioning that it is about a gay man who adopts a troll, add that it is pretty erotic and they begin to notice things about YOU that they had never quite seen before, but yes....now that you mention it....hmmm.

This is a kinky fairytale or like a dream gone over the edge.
The protagonist is not Angel, the handsome blonde photographer, but Pessi the troll whom we can't wait to read about, can't wait to see growing and thriving. It is Pessi who rivets us to the end, with his dark presence, his quick moves, his unpredictability, his shadowlike gtace. And it is that shadow quality that might explain the mysterious ending. Cuckoo, cuckoo.

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4.0 out of 5 stars What an odd and interesting novel, May 20 2004

By	H. J. Spivack (North Woodmere, NY USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Troll is both more and less than you might think, reading the 'reviews' here on Amazon.

The novel is about a photographer adopting a wild troll. In his world, trolls were discovered to be real in 1907 although encounters with them are so extremely rare that there is very little real cataloguing of habits, eating, mating, etc. Much of the book has excepts from poetry, stories, fables and well-faked scientific treatises.

The story happens in between these excepts.

The story itself is fascinating. Angel is a believable protagonist and, his gayness aside, completely sympathetic. He could be me, were I gay. If I met the troll Pessi, I'd have adopted him too.

It is quite short. I finished it in 3 days of commuting to work and I'm having some trouble getting it out of my mind. If you are looking for an odd love story, this is a good one. If you are looking for straightforward narrative or action, it may not. Sinisalo reminds me of Joyce Carol Oates in her depiction of horror in everyday life and the likability of her characters. If you are an Oates fan, you will like this very much.

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