by Sofi Oksanen · Bonnier Pocket · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9789174291377
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«Utrensning» is the historical novel by Sofi Oksanen, published by Bonnier Pocket in paperback (362 pages, in Swedish).
In rural Estonia after the fall of the Berlin Wall, elderly Aliide finds Zara, a young exhausted woman, collapsed in front of her house. Zara has fled a life of prostitution and drugs in Berlin. Their fates, separated by generations, end up intertwined by the Soviet occupation, family secrets and guilt.
Second installment of the series The Estonian Quartet. Original Finnish work, Puhdistus (2008), in Swedish translation by Janina Orlov. Nordic Council Literature Prize and Prix Femina 2010.
For readers of European literary and historical fiction interested in the Soviet past, family secrets and the consequences of war.
Sofi-Elina Oksanen is a Finnish writer and playwright. Oksanen has published six novels, of which "Purge" has gained the widest recognition. She has received several international and domestic awards for her literary work. Her work has been translated into more than 40 languages and sold more than two million copies. Oksanen has been called "Finnish-Estonian Charles Dickens" and her work has often been compared to Margaret Atwood's novels. Oksanen is actively involved in public debate in Finland and comments on current issues in her columns and various talk shows.
