Purge

[Rosamunda]

The English translation of Sofi Oksanen's novel "Purge" (Puhdistus) was published in paperback today.

Available from Amazon

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Purge-Sofi-Oksa ... 910&sr=8-1

and the Book Depository

http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/97 ... 0774/Purge

She was recently awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize for this book (and the Finlandia Prize in 2008)

http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Sofi+O ... 5255762525

Anyone read it?

[EP]

I have. I think three times by now. And it was paperback even in Finnish right from the beginning. Definitely recommended. It is chilly and very real. Sort of makes your spine freeze.

[tuulen]

This introduction has so far been tantalizing, but mystifying. What is "Purge" about? The very title is curious.

[Pursuivant]

Its a sort of a multigenerational novel that reflects the past and present Estonia via the story of two women. Theres two stories intertwining, the present of a young woman and then the past when the older woman was her age.

[Rosamunda]

http://www.booksfromfinland.fi/2009/02/ ... puhdistus/