{"product_id":"enchantment-9781964992525","title":"Enchantment","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeventeen-year-old Philippa Laakso was many things to many people. Caring and selfish. Kind to some, cruel to others. And now, she was dead.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen seventeen-year-old Philippa's body is found in her front yard, the police launch an investigation. Everyone close to Philippa is questioned: The elderly neighbor who discovered her body, who kept confusing Philippa with his late wife. The best friend, who hoards a secret stash of objects she'd stolen from Philippa over the years. The ex-boyfriend, still reeling from their sudden break-up months before. The woman who features, enraged, in some of the strange videos Philippa filmed on her beloved Olympus PEN camera. The older men she'd been meeting via a dating app.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEach tells a different story: she was a confidant, a fantasy, a temptation, a problem, a mystery, a mirror. But did any of them truly know her?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEnchantment\u003c\/em\u003e is a spellbinding literary mystery that explores the uneasy terrain of girlhood, where one is always being watched, shaped, and judged by others. In it, Riikka Pulkkinen (called the \"Finnish Joyce Carol Oates\" by \u003cem\u003eLivres Hebdo\u003c\/em\u003e) weaves a complex story of power and identity, and the fragile boundary between truth and fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Riikka Pulkkinen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribe Us\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781964992525\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeggett, Tabatha:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eTabatha Leggett is a writer and literary translator from North Wales. She is a current Iowa Arts Fellow at the University of Iowa's Literary Translation MFA programme and a graduate of New York University's Fiction MFA programme, where she was an Axinn Fellow. \u003cem\u003eEnchantment\u003c\/em\u003e is her debut translation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePulkkinen, Riikka:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRiikka Pulkkinen\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in 1980 and studied literature and philosophy at the University of Helsinki. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eTrue\u003c\/em\u003e, which was published in seventeen countries and shortlisted for the 2010 Finlandia Prize for Fiction. \u003cem\u003eThe Limit\u003c\/em\u003e, her debut novel, was a bestseller in Finland and the Netherlands, and won the Kaarle and Laila Hirvisaari prizes. Riikka lives in Helsinki, Finland.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Riikka Pulkkinen \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48912821715101,"sku":"9781964992525","price":22.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_279a52ef-5b76-4539-b2d5-38903ed24cdf.jpg?v=1789547402","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/enchantment-9781964992525","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}