Puhdistus

Ik ntynyt Aliide Truu asuu yksin taloaan Viron maaseudulla Maa on itsen istynyt edellisen vuonna ja maareformi on alkanut Vanhan naisen arjen katkaisee pihalle py rtynyt parikymppinen Zara Tultuaan tajuihinsa Zara kertoo pakenevansa v kivaltaista miest n Kohtaaminen nostaa Aliiden mieleen repiv t muistot nuoruuden traagisesta rakkaudesta ja valinnoista, jotka sinet iv t h nen l himpiens kohtalon Omiin ep toivoisiin ratkaisuihinsa pakotetun Zaran tilanne puolestaan osoittaa, ett vaikka aika on toinen, vaino ei ole loppunut, muuttanut vain muotoaan Puhdistuksen syvint ydint on petos, johon ep toivoiset tunteet ajavat Romaani avaa my s Viron vaiettua l hihistoriaa yhden suvun kokemusten kautta.Kirja antaa nen sodan, kommunismin ja sorron uhreille 1940 luvulla koettujen n yryytysten ohella teoksessa nousee esiin nykynaisiin ep vakaissa yhteiskunnallisissa olosuhteissa kohdistuva hyv ksik ytt. New Read Puhdistus [ Author ] Sofi Oksanen [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr What a great book And first of all thanks to 7Jane of Finland and Jim of New Hampshire who recommended Finnish authors and works to me This is a psychological thriller set in rural Estonia There are only two major characters The first is an elderly woman who, as we learn her story, is the textbook definition of a survivor She been through WW II, starvation, rape, torture, a dead husband and lost family Her only remaining family members, a sister and a niece, were exiled to far eastern Russi What a great book And first of all thanks to 7Jane of Finland and Jim of New Hampshire who recommended Finnish authors and works to me This is a psychological thriller set in rural Estonia There are only two major characters The first is an elderly woman who, as we learn her story, is the textbook definition of a survivor She been through WW II, starvation, rape, torture, a dead husband and lost family Her only remaining family members, a sister and a niece, were exiled to far eastern Russia, thousands of miles away, because the sister was suspected of aiding and sheltering her husband, an anti Soviet freedom fighter The older woman had been secretly in love with her brother in law for years and now with the sister exiled, maybe she can finally have him to herself if he s still alive and if he takes the risk of reappearing These events happened during the Soviet occupation of Estonia, then the German occupation, and then the Soviets again, and each time the political domi...I don t have to like people I m reading about but I like to understand them Their behaviors and motivations I like them multidimensional I may disagree with them, despise sometimes, hate even But I like when they make me uncomfortable, when they prove me how lucky I m not being them or how wrong I was in my assumptionsPurgeis dense and suffocating reading, full of secrets, resentments and lies Sofi Oksanen has created a very ambiguous and unsettling protagonists and while it is pretty I don t have to like people I m reading about but I like to understand them Their behaviors and motivations I like them multidimensional I may disagree with them, despise sometimes, hate even But I like when they make me uncomfortable, when they prove me how lucky I m not being them or how wrong I was in my assumptionsPurgeis dense and suffocating reading, full of secrets, resentments and lies Sofi Oksanen has created a very ambiguous and unsettling protagonists and while it is pretty natural to sympathize with Zara, young runaway from abusive partner, yet character of Allida arouses mixed fee...The silence has been peculiar that year expectant, yet at the same time like the aftermath of a storm Once in a while, there are books that leave you powerless Books that rise beyond any attempt of reviewing, that intimidate you and make you feel that whatever words you may use, they are bound to be mundane, detrimental, inadequate Sofi Oksnanen s Purge is such a book.I have it as my personal principle to make no judgement regarding historical events Human History is made of endless coThe silence has been peculiar that year expectant, yet at the same time like the aftermath of a storm Once in a while, there are books that leave you powerless Books that rise beyond any attempt of reviewing, that intimidate you and make you feel that whatever words you may use, they are bound to be mundane, detrimental, inadequate S...4.5 5It s a rare occasion when the title for a book reveals itself as evidence of not a whim or facile plucking of a simplistic keyword, but of cold and careful analysis of the very viscera of the work Evenof a feat when considering that the book is a translation, and that the title could have easily been ruined by the commercial gauging of the US market The original title of Stieg Larsson s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was M n som hatar kvinnor Translated literally, Men Who Hate Wom 4.5 5It s a rare occasion when the title for a book reveals itself as evidence of not a whim or facile plucking of a simplistic keyword, but of cold and careful analysis of the very viscera of the work Evenof a feat when considering that the book is a translation, and that the title could have easily been ruined by the commercial gauging of the US market The original title of Stieg Larsson s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was M n som hatar kvinnor Translated literally, Men Who Hate Women, a title which retained would have harnessed the rabidly popular heights the book achieved mucheffectively, in my mind.Ah well No use crying over wasted potential.The word purge speaks of both physical and political, bodily cleansing and cultural expulsion, as well as the forcible expunging of sin and impurities That is the them...Puhdistus A Purga 2012 filme realizado por Antti JokinenEspectacular trailerEm 1992 a Est nia liberta se do dom nio da Uni o Sovi tica, que entrara em colapso em 1989 Aliide Truu uma senhora idosa que vive reclusa na sua casa numa aldeia despovoada na Est nia Ocidental, ocupa o seu tempo a ouvir r dio e a fazer compotas de frutos silvestres e outros produtos agr colas e frut colas Zara uma jovem que aparece no jardim de Aliide, uma desconh Puhdistus A Purga 2012 filme realizado por Antti JokinenEspectacular trailerEm 1992 a Est nia l...I m always a little nervous when I pick up a translated novel, because I ve read a lot of bad translations in my day Thanks to authors like Henning Mankell, Steig Larsson, and Ninni Holmqvist, there areandgreat translations coming from previously overlooked parts of the world This is one of them Oksanen is a new Finnish Estonian novelist, and this is not the last you ll hear of her Purge tells the story of two women Aliide Truu, who lives alone in the Estonian countryside, and Z I m always a little nervous when I pick up a translated novel, because I ve read a lot of bad translations in my day Thanks to authors like Henning Mankell, Steig Larsson, and Ninni Holmqvist, there areandgreat translations coming from previous...I have an affinity to books where the characters outshine the storyline Such volumes craft a distinct memory that never seems to fade for years creating an imaginary bond with those characters experiencing their pain and suffrage through your smallest nerves.Zara and Aliide will never die away from my mind as long as I will remember Purge is not a book about bulimia or anorexia It is a metaphor for all those sinister culpabilities that an individual buries within his her heart until the mom I have an affinity to books where the characters outshine the storyline Such volumes craft a distinct memory that never seems to fade for years creating an imaginary bond with those characters experiencing their pain and suffrage through your smallest nerves.Zara and Aliide will never die away from my mind as long as I will remember Purge is not a book about bulimia or anorexia It is a metaphor for all those sinister culpabilities that an individual buries within his her heart until the moment of truth where it all erupts like smoldering lava destroying every possibility of tranquility Oksanen puts forth a riveting account of human lives that are trapped in a web of uncouth circumstances and repelling emotions making the cost of survival nauseating and demeaning.Set in the early 1990s,the book is structured into five parts each going back and forth in time connecting the lives of the two women Estonia a few...This book is bigger and stronger than it looks I m not sure how to do it justice, or even how to describe its place in the genre spectrum feminist, literary, historical crime fiction, maybe, although that s still all over the spectrum Purge most poignantly draws attention to the very clear thread between sexual violence and military occupation It connects big picture violence war and occupation withpersonal conflict and interpersonal tragedy who betrays whom, and how, and why how i This book is bigger and stronger than it looks I m not sure how to do it justice, or even how to describe its place in the genre spectrum feminist, literary, historical crime fiction, maybe, although that s still all over the spectrum Purge most poignantly draws attention to the very clear thread between sexual violence and military occupation It connects big picture violence war and occupation ...Synopsis You can call this book a tale of two sisters and indeed, it reminded me of all these folk songs about sibling rivalry Ingel and Aliide, two Estonian peasant girls, had a very bad luck of falling for the same German boy Ingel was very pretty, even beautiful, and whatever she did, she did it always better than other girls Aliide was less pretty and less gifted, completely overshadowed by her perfect sister The boy in question, Hans Pekk, chose Ingel They married, were very happy and Synopsis You can call this book a tale of two sisters and indeed, it reminded me of all these folk songs about sibling rivalry Ingel and Aliide, two Estonian peasant girls, had a very bad luck of falling for the same German boy Ingel was very pretty, even beautiful, and whatever she did, she did it always better than other girls Aliide was less pretty and less gifted, completely overshadowed by her perfect sister The boy in question, Hans Pekk, chose Ingel They married, were very happy and soon they had a little baby girl, Linda Despite that fa...World War II and the cold war gave birth to the modern spy thriller, where everything was about uncovering secrets and false loyalties In Purge, Oksanen seems to bury it once and for all, while at the same time reminding her readers that there are always going to be those who remember where the bodies are buried The wars are over here, democracy an...

• Finnish
• 18 July 2017
Sofi Oksanen
• Paperback
• 381 pages
• 9510339733
• Sofi Oksanen
• Puhdistus