The Home of the Drowned

Spring 1942, the time of the golden midnight sun. When Ingá, her mother Ravdná and aunt Ánne return to the summer settlement, they are horrified to discover that their village has been drowned, leaving the shore, their goahtis huts and the beautiful birch forest submerged beneath a strange underwater landscape. Without any notice to the community, the Company has dammed the lake for hydropower. Modern society is creeping closer with its demand for electricity and comfort, and with little consideration for its impact on the natural world or on those who have inhabited it for centuries. The villagers have great respect for the lake; they have learned that you can be on the water, but not in the water; most of them cannot even swim.

Author: Elin Anna Labba

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Sagas, Historical fiction, Fiction in translation

Published on 21 May 2026 by Vintage Publishing.