Historical fiction books set in Finland (9)
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White Hunger by Aki Ollikainen EN
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1867: The year of the great famine in Finland. Mirja, a farmer's wife from the north, and her two young children set off on foot through the snow. Their goal: St Petersburg - a place which, rumours suggest, enjoys bread in plenty. However others are also heading south - everyone equally desperate to survive.
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The Wednesday Club by Kjell Westö EN
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1938. Hitler's expansionist policies are arousing both anger and admiration, not least in Helsinki's Wednesday Club. The members of this relaxed gentleman's club are old friends of lawyer Claes Thune. But this year it is apparent that the political unrest in Europe is having an effect on the cohesion of the group. Thune has recently divorced and is at something of a loss, running his law practice with no great enthusiasm. Luckily he has the assistance of an efficient new secretary, Matilda Wiik. But behind her polished exterior Mrs Wiik is tormented by memories of the Finnish Civil War, when s... continue
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The Brothers by Asko Sahlberg EN
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A Shakespearean drama from icy Finland. Finland, 1809. Henrik and Erik are brothers who fought on opposite sides in the war between Sweden and Russia. With peace declared, they both return to their snowed-in farm. But who is the master? Sexual tensions, old grudges, family secrets: all come to a head in this dark and gripping saga. Why Peirene chose to publish this book: 'This is a historical novel in miniature form. It deals in dark passions and delivers as many twists as a 500-page epic. And if that were not enough, each character speaks in a distinct voice and expresses a unique take on rea... continue
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Las vacas de Stalin by Sofi Oksanen ES
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Tres mujeres, tres generaciones: La historia de una Europa dividida entre el este y el oeste, el hambre y la bulimia.
Anna no está dispuesta a creer en las malas consecuencias de la bulimia salvaje que padece. ¿Qué puede haber de malo en algo que le provoca un placer comparable al del sexo y hace que se sienta divina? Perdida en sus obsesiones, necesita controlar su destino y no quiere repetir los errores de su madre, Katariina, que huyó de la Estonia soviética a Finlandia y desde entonces malvive entre la paranoia y la amargura. Del otro lado de la frontera... continue
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Innan fåglarna vänder åter by Merja Mäki SV
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Vintern 1939–1940 kämpar Finland mot det invaderande Sovjetunionen. Vinterkriget leder till förlikning där Sovjetunionen får Karelen. Tjugotreåriga Alli tvingas tillsammans med sin familj lämna huset vid sjön och ta sig väster ut för att undkomma de ryska soldaterna. Det blir en svår flykt och familjen tvingas dela på sig. Alli och hennes nyblivna, höggravida svägerska Sylvi tar med sig en ko och en häst och bestämmer sig för att försöka ta sig till staden Seinäjoki. De lovar varandra att de ska återvända till sitt älskade Karelen innan flyttfåglarna vänder åter. Väl framme i Finland återfören... continue
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The Colonel's Wife: A Novel by Rosa Liksom EN
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A bold, dark-hued novel by a writer who “conjures beauty from the ugliest of things” (The Wall Street Journal) In the final twilit moments of her life, an elderly woman looks back on her years in the thrall of fascism and Nazism. Both her authoritarian tendencies and her ecstatic engagement with the natural world are vividly and terrifyingly evoked in The Colonel’s Wife, an astonishing and brave novel that resonates painfully with our own strained political moment. At once complex and hideous, sexually liberated and sympathetic to the darkest of political movements, the narrator describes her ... continue
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