Not Before Sundown
| Author | Johanna Sinisalo |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Jyrki Loukkaanhuhta |
| Language | Finnish |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Publisher | Tammi |
Publication date | 2000 |
| Publication place | Finland |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 268 |
| ISBN | ISBN 951-31-1886-X Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
Not before sundown (fin. Ennen päivänlaskua ei voi, USA: Troll - a love story) is a novel written by a Finnish author Johanna Sinisalo in 2000. Same year it won a Finlandia Prize for literature, and later more prizes.
The story is about a homosexual photographer Mikael, who finds a young and injured troll and saves it to his home. The troll in Not before sundown is inspired by Finnish folklore and is an intelligent almost humal-like animal, and looks like a cat and monkey.
The name of the book is taken from a Finnish song Päivänsäde ja Menninkäinen by Tapio Rautavaara and Reino Helismaa, which says "Kas, menninkäinen ennen päivänlaskua ei voi milloinkaan olla päällä maan".
The novel is translated to following languages:
- Sweden: Bara sedan solen sjunkit, publisher Wahlström & Widstrand, Stockholm, 2002, translator Ann-Christine Relander.
- Latvia: Pirs saulrieta nav lauts, publisher Atena, Riika, 2002, translator Maima Grinberga.
- Japan: Tenshi wa mori e kieta, publisher Sunmark Publishing, Tokio, 2002, translator Mei Yumi.
- UK: Not Before Sundown, publisher Peter Owen Publishers, Lontoo, 2003, translator Herbert Lomas.
- France: Jamais avant le coucher du soleil, publisher Actes Sud, Arles, 2003, translator Anne Colin du Terrail.
- Czech: Ne pred slunce západem, publisher One Woman Press, Praha, 2003, translator Viola Parente-Capková.
- USA (edited from the British version): Troll – A Love Story; publisher Grove/Atlantic, translator Herbert Lomas, 2004.
- Germany: Troll - Eine Liebesgeschichte, (other information missing)