Books by Sofi Oksanen (11)
Finland
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Cuando Las Palomas Cayeron Del Cielo by Sofi Oksanen ES
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1941: In Communist-ruled, war-ravaged Estonia, two men are fleeing from the Red Army--Roland, a fiercely principled freedom fighter, and his slippery cousin Edgar. When the Germans arrive, Roland goes into hiding; Edgar abandons his unhappy wife and takes on a new identity as a loyal supporter of the Nazi regime.
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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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Norma by Sofi Oksanen EN
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From the internationally best-selling author of Purge and When the Doves Disappeared, a spellbinding new novel set in present-day Helsinki, about a young woman with a fantastical secret who is trying to solve the mystery of her mother's death. When Anita Naakka jumps in front of an oncoming train, her daughter, Norma, is left alone with the secret they have spent their lives hiding: Norma has supernatural hair, sensitive to the slightest changes in her mood--and the moods of those around her--moving of its own accord, corkscrewing when danger is near. And so it is her hair that alerts her, whi... continue
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Purge by Sofi Oksanen EN
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A blowfly. Unusually large, loud, and eager to lay its eggs. It was lying in wait to get into the kitchen, rubbing its wings and feet against the curtain as if preparing to feast. It was after meat, nothing else but meat. Deep in an overgrown Estonian forest, two women, one young, one old, are hiding. Zara, a murderer and a victim of sex-trafficking, is on the run from brutal captors. Aliide, a communist sympathizer and a blood traitor, has endured a life of abuse and the country's brutal Soviet years. Their survival now depends on exposing the one thing that kept them hidden... the truth.
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Purge by Sofi Oksanen EN
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Aliide Truu, an older woman guilty of crimes during the Soviet occupation of Estonia, takes in a young woman, Zara, who is trying to escape a sex-trafficking ring, and as they work through their suspicion, the two rediscover a tragic family history from the past.
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Purge by Sofi Oksanen FR
EstoniaDescription:
En 1992, l'Union soviétique s'effondre et la population estonienne fête le départ des Russes. La vieille Aliide, qui vit terrée dans sa maison au fin fond de la campagne, fait la connaissance de Zara, une jeune femme qui semble en grande détresse. Un lourd secret de famille est révélé, en lien avec l'occupation soviétique et l'ancien amour d'Aliide pour Hans, un résistant. Prix du roman Fnac 2010.--[Memento].
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Same River, Twice : Putin's War on Women by Sofi Oksanen EN
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Blending the journalistic rigor of Masha Gessen with the call to action of We Should All Be Feminists, a startling denunciation of Vladimir Putin's war on women that reveals how modern Russia's history of weaponizing sexual violence against women is part of the Russian leader's strategy to retain political influence and domination. On March 22, 2023, the Swedish Academy organized a conference on threats to freedom of expression and democracy, featuring a roster of stellar speakers, including Arundhati Roy, Timothy Snyder, and Sofi Oksanen. Oksanen's address--"Putin's War on Women"--generated s... continue
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When the Doves Disappeared by Sofi Oksanen EN
Description:
1941: In Communist-ruled, war-ravaged Estonia, two men have deserted the Red Army - Roland, a fiercely principled freedom fighter, and his slippery cousin Edgar. When the Germans arrive, Roland goes into hiding, while Edgar abandons his unhappy wife, Juudit, and takes on a new identity as a loyal supporter of the Nazi regime. 1963: Estonia is again under Communist control, independence even further out of reach behind the Iron Curtain. Edgar is now a Soviet apparatchik, desperate to hide the secrets of his past life and stay close to those in power. But his fate remains entangled with Roland's... continue
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