Purge: A Novel
avr. 2010 · Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
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An award-winning novel of two women dogged by secrets buried in Estonia’s shameful Soviet past—“[A] bold combination of history, politics, and suspense” (The Sunday Times).
When Aliide Truu, an older woman living alone in the Estonian countryside, finds a disheveled girl huddled in her front yard, she suppresses her misgivings and offers her shelter. Zara is a young sex-trafficking victim on the run from her captors, but a photo she carries with her soon makes it clear that her arrival at Aliide’s home is no coincidence.
Survivors both, Aliide and Zara engage in a complex plot of suspicion and revelation as they attempt to discover each other’s motives. As their stories come to light, they reveal a tragic family drama of rivalry, lust, and loss that played out during the worst years of Estonia’s Soviet occupation.
“A stirring and humane work of art” by the acclaimed Finnish-Estonian author Sofi Oksanen, Purge won numerous awards including the Finlandia Prize and the Prix Femina (The New Republic).
“A stunner.” —The Plain Dealer
“[A] taut, well-crafted tale of Europe’s still living post-war pain.” —Booklist
“A dark, harrowing, and at times difficult read that wrings every ounce of emotion from the reader.” —The Bookseller
When Aliide Truu, an older woman living alone in the Estonian countryside, finds a disheveled girl huddled in her front yard, she suppresses her misgivings and offers her shelter. Zara is a young sex-trafficking victim on the run from her captors, but a photo she carries with her soon makes it clear that her arrival at Aliide’s home is no coincidence.
Survivors both, Aliide and Zara engage in a complex plot of suspicion and revelation as they attempt to discover each other’s motives. As their stories come to light, they reveal a tragic family drama of rivalry, lust, and loss that played out during the worst years of Estonia’s Soviet occupation.
“A stirring and humane work of art” by the acclaimed Finnish-Estonian author Sofi Oksanen, Purge won numerous awards including the Finlandia Prize and the Prix Femina (The New Republic).
“A stunner.” —The Plain Dealer
“[A] taut, well-crafted tale of Europe’s still living post-war pain.” —Booklist
“A dark, harrowing, and at times difficult read that wrings every ounce of emotion from the reader.” —The Bookseller
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À propos de l'auteur
Sofi Oksanen is a thirty-two year-old Finnish-Estonian novelist and playwright. Soon to be published in twenty-five languages, Purge is her first novel to appear in English, and the first novel to win Finland’s two most prestigious literary awards, the Finlandia and the Runeberg.
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