Book
White hunger / Aki Ollikainen ; translated from the Finnish by Emily Jeremiah and Fleur Jeremiah.
1867: a year of devastating famine in Finland. Marja, a farmer's wife from the north, sets off on foot through the snow with her two young children. Their goal: St Petersburg, where people say there is bread. Others are also heading south, just as desperate to survive. Ruuni, a boy she meets, seems trustworthy. But can anyone really help? Why Peirene chose to publish this book: 'Like Cormac McCarthy's The Road, this apocalyptic tale deals with the human will to survive. And let me be honest: There will come a point in this book where you can take no more of the snow-covered desolation. But then the first rays of spring sun appear and our belief in the human spirit revives.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781908670205 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 136 pages ; 20 cm
- Publisher: London : Peirene, 2015.
- Copyright: ©2015.
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| Language Note: | Translated from the Finnish. |
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| Subject: | Historical fiction Finland > History > 1809-1917 > Fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Terrace Public Library | OLL (Text) | 35151001030949 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
