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This book is about peasant people who are struggling to survive the pressures of occupation and the break down of law and order. Sofi oksanen has given the novel a form that is as tight as the story is multifaceted. Oksanens third finnishlanguage novel, purge was published in 2008 and is based upon her original play of the same name, staged at the finnish national theatre in 2007. She has received several international and domestic awards for her literary work. Soon to be published in twentyfive languages, purge is her first novel to appear in english, and the first novel to win finlands two most prestigious literary awards. Purge is the third novel by finnishestonian author sofi oksanen. A novel kindle edition by sofi oksanen, lola rogers. Oksanen has published five novels, of which purge has gained the widest recognition. An international sensation, sofi oksanens awardwinning novel purge is a. Purge by sofi oksanen in novel, escaping the soviet legacy finnishestonian novelist sofi oksanen uses a newly formed bond between an escaped russian sex slave and a solitary. A novel kindle edition by oksanen, sofi, lola rogers.
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Jun 04, 2011 the fact that purge is a work of fiction offers little comfort for the reader, sofi oksanen has estonian ancestory and has a dedication at the beginning of the book to the real men and women who lived during this time. In oksanens first novel translated into english, mystery. 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. Her debut, stalinin lehmat stalins cow, 2003 already was about estonia in sowjet times. Buy the kobo ebook book purge by sofi oksanen at indigo. Purge is the first of her novels to be translated into english. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading purge.