White Hunger
Published on 1. March 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-1-908670-20-5 (ISBN)
Description
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. A stunning tale.' Meike Ziervogel, Publisher
Reviews / Votes
'White Hunger is Aki Ollikainen's debut work, but it is written with the control of someone who has mastered the form.' Nicholas Lezard, GUARDIAN ------ 'Such a powerful, honest and thought-provoking story deserves an audience far beyond the shores of Scandinavia.' Pam Norfolk, LANCASHIRE EVENING POST ------ 'Impossible not to respond to its raw, unsparing drama.' Elizabeth Bucan, DAILY MAIL ------ 'A tale of epic substance compacted into a mere seven-score pages.' Ben Paynter, LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKSMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
With flaps
Dimensions
Height: 190 mm
Width: 125 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-908670-20-5 (9781908670205)
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Aki Ollikainen, born in 1973, has taken the Finnish literary scene by storm with his extraordinarily accomplished debut novel White Hunger, which has won the most prestigous literary prizes in Finland. A professional photographer and reporter for a local newspaper, the author lives in Kolari in northern Finland. His second novel was published in spring 2015.