Risto Isomäki (born 8 June 1961 in

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) is a Finnish author of

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books. His 2005 novel ''The Sands of Sarasvati'' (''Sarasvatin hiekkaa'') was nominated for the

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in 2005 and won the

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in 2006. Two of his novels, ''The Sands of Sarasvati'' (Into, 2013) and ''Lithium-6'' (AmazonCrossing, 2015) have been published in English, along with a graphic novel adaptation of ''The Sands of Sarasvati'' (Tammi, 2008).

Bibliography

* ''Kuluta harkiten - tietoisen kuluttajan opas'' (1985) * ''Kristalliruusu'' (1991, short story collection) * ''Gilgamešin tappio'' (1994, novel) * ''Luvassa lämpenevää: ilmastonmuutos ja sen seuraukset'' (1996, Suomen Luonnonsuojeluliitto and Ympäristö ja kehitys ry) * ''Pimeän pilven ritarit'' (1997, novel) * ''Puukirja: puut osaratkaisuna maailman nälän ja ilmastonmuutoksen ongelmiin'' (1997, Ympäristö ja kehitys) * ''Paljasjalkavallankumous - kymmenen vuotta myöhemmin: kehitysmaiden kansalaisyhteiskunnat ja ulkomainen rahoitus Ympäristö ja kehitys ry:n projektiyhteistyön valossa'' (1999, Ympäristö ja kehitys) * ''Herääminen'' (2000, novel) * ''Kohti vuotta 1929?: Vapaakauppa, työttömyys ja ääriliikkeiden nousu'' (2000, LIKE) * ''Kohti kestävää maailmaa. Ympäristö ja kehitys ja Maan ystävät'' ( 2002, together with Jaana Airaksinen and Anastasia Laitila). * ''The Book of Trees'' (2004, Other India Press) (together with

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). Hindi translation: ''Ped Panchayat'' (2004) * ''Sarasvatin hiekkaa'' (2005, novel), ''The Sands of Sarasvati'' (Into, 2013) * ''Litium 6'' (2007, novel), ''Lithium-6'' (AmazonCrossing, 2015) * ''34 tapaa estää maapallon ylikuumeneminen: järkevistä vaihtoehdoista hullun tiedemiehen ratkaisuihin'' (2008, Tammi) * ''Jumalan pikkusormi'' (2009, novel) * ''64 Ways to Absorb Carbon and Improve Earth's Reflectivity - From Reasonable Options to Mad Scientist Solutions'' (2009, Into) * ''Con rit'' (2011, novel) * ''Kurganin varjot'' (2014, novel) * ''Haudattu uhka'' (2016, novel) * ''Viiden meren kansa'' (2018, novel)

References

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