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Sofi Oksanen

Born 1977 · Finland

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Books on prize lists

  • In English

    Finlandia 2008 · Winner

    Purge

    Puhdistus

    Sofi Oksanen · 31 when first published

    Novel · 416 pages · Historical, Family, Politics

    AI-generated summary:In rural Estonia, a year after independence, the elderly Aliide Truu finds a young woman, Zara, unconscious in her garden. Zara says she is running from a violent husband.