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| Author | Sofi Oksanen |
|---|---|
| Original title | Puhdistus |
| Translator | Lola Rogers |
| Language | Finnish |
| Genre | Historical novel, Crime novel[1] |
| Publisher | WSOY |
Publication date | 2008 |
| Publication place | Finland |
| Media type | Print (Hardback; Paperback) |
| Pages | 380 pp |
| ISBN | 951-0-33973-3 |
Purge (Finnish: Puhdistus) is a novel by Finnish-Estonian[2] writer Sofi Oksanen, which has been translated into thirty-eight languages.[2] Oksanen's third Finnish-language 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.[3]
Purge is a story of two women forced to confront their own dark pasts, of collusion and resistance, of rape and sexual slavery set against the backdrop of the Soviet occupation of Estonia.[4][5]
- ^ "Whodunnit best in the world of new crime fiction". The Sunday Times. London. August 1, 2010.
- ^ a b Sofi Oksanen. "Sofi Oksanen: biography". Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
- ^ Sihvonen, Lauri (24 September 2008). "Lauri Sihvonen on Sofi Oksanen's novel: A Body and a Blowfly". FILI. Archived from the original on 9 July 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
- ^ Jaggi, Maya (21 August 2010). "Purge by Sofi Oksanen". The Guardian. Retrieved 2010-09-05.
- ^ Binding, Paul (27 August 2010). "Purge, By Sofi Oksanen, trans. Lola Rogers". The Independent. Retrieved 2010-09-05.