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| Title | : | Puhdistus (Kvartetti) |
| Author | : | Sofi Oksanen |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 381 pages |
| Published | : | 2008 by WSOY |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. European Literature. Finnish Literature |
Sofi Oksanen
Paperback | Pages: 381 pages Rating: 3.88 | 12883 Users | 1086 Reviews
Chronicle As Books Puhdistus (Kvartetti)
Ikääntynyt Aliide Truu asuu yksin taloaan Viron maaseudulla. Maa on itsenäistynyt edellisenä vuonna ja maareformi on alkanut. Vanhan naisen arjen katkaisee pihalle pyörtynyt parikymppinen Zara. Tultuaan tajuihinsa Zara kertoo pakenevansa väkivaltaista miestään. Kohtaaminen nostaa Aliiden mieleen repivät muistot nuoruuden traagisesta rakkaudesta ja valinnoista, jotka sinetöivät hänen lähimpiensä kohtalon. Omiin epätoivoisiin ratkaisuihinsa pakotetun Zaran tilanne puolestaan osoittaa, että vaikka aika on toinen, vaino ei ole loppunut, muuttanut vain muotoaan. Puhdistuksen syvintä ydintä on petos, johon epätoivoiset tunteet ajavat. Romaani avaa myös Viron vaiettua lähihistoriaa yhden suvun kokemusten kautta. Kirja antaa äänen sodan, kommunismin ja sorron uhreille. 1940-luvulla koettujen nöyryytysten ohella teoksessa nousee esiin nykynaisiin epävakaissa yhteiskunnallisissa olosuhteissa kohdistuva hyväksikäyttö.
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| Original Title: | Puhdistus |
| ISBN: | 9510339733 (ISBN13: 9789510339732) |
| Edition Language: | Finnish URL http://www.sofioksanen.com/ |
| Series: | Kvartetti |
| Characters: | Aliide Truu, Zara Pekk |
| Setting: | Estonia |
| Literary Awards: | Prix Femina for Étranger (2010), Nordisk Raads Litteraturpris (Nordic Council Literature Prize) (2010), Kalevi Jäntin palkinto (2008), European Book Prize for Fiction (2010), Finlandia Prize (2008) Varjo-Finlandia (2008), Runeberg-palkinto (2009), Prix du roman Fnac (2010) |
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Ratings: 3.88 From 12883 Users | 1086 ReviewsWrite Up Epithetical Books Puhdistus (Kvartetti)
My thoughts are all over the place. I think if I had not first read her When the Doves Disappeared, I might not have had any understanding of what happened to Estonia in WWII. It was invaded by the Soviets, then "rescued" by the Germans, only to return to Soviet rule before war's end. There is only a passing mention of German occupation in this, instead focusing on the tyranny and brutality of the Soviets. I hereby emphasize the brutality. This book is not for the squeamish nor faint-of-heart.I need counselling now!!!
Yes, it really is that good. And I have been tired of books about the Second World War and the Eastern Bloc these last fifteen years, I nearly always avoid fiction where the plot appears to focus on women as victims, and I wasn't keen on the title, sounding as it does like a bulimia memoir from the "Painful Lives" section at WH Smith.Not only did Purge, within its first few pages of bloody excellent writing, kick squarely through these barriers; by half-way through it even had me wanting to read
I'm always a little nervous when I pick up a translated novel, because I've read a lot of bad translations in my day. Thanks to authors like Henning Mankell, Steig Larsson, and Ninni Holmqvist, there are more and more great translations coming from previously overlooked parts of the world. This is one of them. Oksanen is a new Finnish-Estonian novelist, and this is not the last you'll hear of her. Purge tells the story of two women: Aliide Truu, who lives alone in the Estonian countryside, and
Synopsis:You can call this book a tale of two sisters and indeed, it reminded me of all these folk songs about sibling rivalry. Ingel and Aliide, two Estonian peasant girls, had a very bad luck of falling for the same German boy. Ingel was very pretty, even beautiful, and whatever she did, she did it always better than other girls. Aliide was less pretty and less gifted, completely overshadowed by her perfect sister. The boy in question, Hans Pekk, chose Ingel. They married, were very happy and
Purge by Sofi Oksanen is set in a rural village in the region of Läänemaa, west Estonia. The book is translated from Finnish by Lola Rogers.It is a novel of two histories, one in the late 1930's and 1940's when Aliide and her sister Ingel were adolescents, spanning the changes in their lives after Estonia was annexed by the Soviet Union and renamed Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic (ESSR) and the other in the early 1990's when a Russian-Estonian girl Zara, turns up unannounced seeking refuge.At
World War II and the cold war gave birth to the modern spy thriller, where everything was about uncovering secrets and false loyalties. In Purge, Oksanen seems to bury it once and for all, while at the same time reminding her readers that there are always going to be those who remember where the bodies are buried. The wars are over here, democracy and freedom have won the day, the KGB archives are opened, the oppressed are getting back what they lost and all the old lies are going to be
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