Sofi Oksanen
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| Title | : | Puhdistus (Kvartetti) |
| Author | : | Sofi Oksanen |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 381 pages |
| Published | : | 2008 by WSOY |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. European Literature. Finnish Literature |
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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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I can still smell this novel; the sweat, the onions, the rayon dresses that must be burned because a certain man looked at you the wrong way, touched you the wrong way. Aliide Truu is an older woman living alone in her house in the Estonian countryside. One morning she notices a mound in her garden. A mound with blonde hair. A mound that, once Aliide decides to go outside and have a look, is wearing expensive stockings and is missing a slipper. Through a series of flashbacks we get to know theI'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
The silence has been peculiar that year-expectant, yet at the same time like the aftermath of a storm''. Once in a while, there are books that leave you powerless. Books that rise beyond any attempt of reviewing, that intimidate you and make you feel that whatever words you may use, they are bound to be mundane, detrimental, inadequate. Sofi Oksnanen's Purge is such a book.I have it as my personal principle to make no judgement regarding historical events. Human History is made of endless
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.
Purge by Sofi Oksanen (Trans. from the Finnish by Lola Rogers. Black Cat, 2010)Having grown up in a communist country, I am skeptical when it comes to successful novels about communism written by writers who havent experienced it firsthand. Thats why even before I checked to see if Sofi Oksanen has grown up in Estonia, where her novel takes place, I suspected she hasnt. It turns out she is Estonian on her mothers side, but born in Finland. This is not to say that Oksanens novel isnt good: it is
Purge is a very impressive book about the tragic history of an Estonian family in the 20th century, which is characterized by war, occupation, violence, betrayal and humiliation. The book begins with an elderly woman in western Estonia finding a young woman in front of her house in the woods in 1992. She is maltreated and abused. It turns out, that shes the granddaughter of her sister, who grew up in Siberia. But how did it happen that this young woman named Zara shows up so suddenly? And why is
4.5/5It's a rare occasion when the title for a book reveals itself as evidence of not a whim or facile plucking of a simplistic keyword, but of cold and careful analysis of the very viscera of the work. Even more of a feat when considering that the book is a translation, and that the title could have easily been ruined by the commercial gauging of the US market. The original title of Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was Män som hatar kvinnor. Translated literally, Men Who Hate
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