The book is an edgy, high end thriller, rich and appealing for a broad audience.  

Prior to the Swedish launch we have sold the rights to eight countries.

 

The Story

The young and mysterious Yi Young wants to create a debate, she wants to chock and she wants revenge. She has been waiting for a long time to tell the truth. Now she is about to reveal what she has been through since she as a fifteen year old girl was sent from her poor family in China to Sweden with promises about a good education. No one will be spared and Yi wants to deliver the truth to the Swedish audience, on television prime time, merciless and straight into the Swedish family rooms. She will tell the story why she is mutilated. She will tell about Chinese relations with a world known Swedish fashion company and about the role the Swedish Government has played. But the same night as the first episode is aired on Swedish television, she gets a brutal warning and has to disappear.

 

Viggo Sjöström, a dramatist and director at the Gothenburg Theatre, reluctantly becomes her ally. The charismatic Viggo is forced to leave his cozy middle class life. But despite the fact that he is thrown into a cruel reality, he has the courage to keep on dreaming about the future, about a child’s room with funny wall papers, and about grand parties and maybe even his own theatrical success.

 

Many are responsible for what happened to Yi and her Chinese friends. And they will not let the truth be exposed. Many will do anything in their power to quiet her down…

It is a touching and somewhat unexpected story about smuggling of humans, the political game and about love. And about the urge to know the truth about ones history.

 

Whatever Happened to That Sweet Little Girl is the first part in the Genesis Trilogy, a psychological thriller series with the ambition both to entertain and to make the world a better place.

 

Reviews

“Intelligently written with unexpected suspense. There is both weight and lightness that in an intelligent way leads the story forward. The solution to the story is ...both surprising - and brilliant.”- Sundsvalls tidning

 

 ”Rather than following the convention - you realize - the author has all the time played with it. This playfulness has a strong impression on the storytelling when it starts. Initially the action is moving rapidly between many different time levels and the reader is thrown into a dramatic scene that takes some effort to get a clearer picture of. This challenge gives the story a nerve and pulse that grips my interest and triggers my lust to continue reading. /.../ Åsa Lantz obviously wants to tell more than just a dazzling story. She uses the crime mysteries' "raison d’être" - and tricks the reader in to a false path - to challenge our prejudices for as an example Somalia Muslims and foolish playwriters.”- Helsingborgs Dagblad

 

”The story is a kick in the stomach on all those who try to shut there eyes, and I like that. A page-turner. I would not call this a crime mystery. There is detective work done here and it is a true mystery, but it is so much more than that. So fascinated.”- Tidningen kulturen

   

The author

Åsa Lantz’ political page turners knock the breath right out of her readers. Her debut novel, Attire, received attention due to its high literary quality disguised as an easy read. Burning engagement to society’s problems can be seen in everything Åsa Lantz writes: novels, television and screenplays. She wants to explore human capacity to do good and to make dreams come true. Åsa Lantz studied literature and film and has also worked as a free-lance journalist and copywriter before making it as a screenplay author in both television and film. She has had a number of prize-winning successes and is now known to a large public, and she is seen as highly capable within the film and television industries. Everything she touches is passionate, well-done, and with a touch of sensuality — her tales are emotional, tumbling and beautiful.

 

Rights sold

Denmark: Modtryk, Estonia: Ajakirjade Kirjastus, The Faroe Islands : Nýlendi, Finland: Tammi, France: JC Lattes, Italy: Ediciones Piemme, Norway: Vega förlag, Russia: Corpus,

Sweden: Albert Bonniers Förlag

 

Read more at: http://www.grandagency.se/authors/asa_lantz/index.htm

Author: Åsa Lantz’

Add date: 2010-07-05