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Land Of Snow And Ashes
Land Of Snow And Ashes
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Description: The haunting gripping story of Lapland's buried history of Nazi crimes during World War II perfect for fans of Stolen by Ann - Hel n Laestadius A beautifully written novel and a thriller that will keep readers turning the page to find out the truth about this disgraceful chapter of Finnish history Harvard Review Finnish Lapland 1944: a young soldier is called to work as an interpreter at a Nazi prison camp. Surrounded by cruelty and death he struggles to hold onto his humanity. When peace comes the crimes are buried beneath the snow and ice. A few years later journalist Inkeri is assigned to investigate the rapid development of remote Western Lapland. Her real motivation is more personal: she is following a lead on her husband who disappeared during the war. Finding a small community riven with tension and suspicious of outsiders Inkeri slowly begins to uncover traces of disturbing facts that were never supposed to come to light. From this starkly beautiful polar landscape emerges a story of silenced histories and ongoing oppression of human brutality and survival.
Title: Land Of Snow And Ashes
Author(s): Rautiainen Petra
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Barcode: 9781782277378
Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 10/10/2023
Category: Fiction In Translation
Description: The haunting gripping story of Lapland's buried history of Nazi crimes during World War II perfect for fans of Stolen by Ann - Hel n Laestadius A beautifully written novel and a thriller that will keep readers turning the page to find out the truth about this disgraceful chapter of Finnish history Harvard Review Finnish Lapland 1944: a young soldier is called to work as an interpreter at a Nazi prison camp. Surrounded by cruelty and death he struggles to hold onto his humanity. When peace comes the crimes are buried beneath the snow and ice. A few years later journalist Inkeri is assigned to investigate the rapid development of remote Western Lapland. Her real motivation is more personal: she is following a lead on her husband who disappeared during the war. Finding a small community riven with tension and suspicious of outsiders Inkeri slowly begins to uncover traces of disturbing facts that were never supposed to come to light. From this starkly beautiful polar landscape emerges a story of silenced histories and ongoing oppression of human brutality and survival.
Title: Land Of Snow And Ashes
Author(s): Rautiainen Petra
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Barcode: 9781782277378
Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 10/10/2023
Category: Fiction In Translation