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Chargement... Nälkävuosi (original 2012; édition 2012)par Aki Ollikainen
Information sur l'oeuvreWhite Hunger par Aki Ollikainen (2012)
   Finlandia Prize Nominee (195) Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.  bibliotecayamaguchi | Dec 20, 2018 |   By sally tarbox on 4 January 2017 Format: Kindle Edition In a short read, the author creates a vivid impression of the terrible Finnish famine of 1867. There are two strands - Marja, a starving peasant woman, fleeing through the snow to St Petersburg and bread; and the well-to-do members of government. As the former abandons her dying husband and travels through the snow with her children, the latter are making 'principled decisions' about not getting the country into debt by buying in food. As Marja fends off her husband's desire for fear of pregnancy, doctor Teo has no such compunctions about the whores he visits. And as terrible scenes of death, hostility and cold confront Marja, the politician's wife is pondering her plant not flowering. Impressed with it as I read it though it somehow didn't leave any lasting feelings. (  ) starbox | Jan 4, 2017 | Tegenover 'het detail' van de enkele vluchteling plaatst Ollikainen de 'bredere blik' van enkele andere personages - dokters en politici. ( ) razorsoccam | Dec 30, 2016 | ) MaerCat | Nov 23, 2016 | The misery seems relentless as we see the pressures that hunger has upon both individuals and society. The book is also about a particular time in Finland's history as it looks to establish itself as a nation on the edge of Europe. The government has impossible decisions to make, paralling those of the starving individuals. Thanks to Pereine Press and translators Fleur and Emily Jeremiah for bringing this hautning book to and English readership. (  )1  rrmmff2000 | Dec 15, 2014 |
 Witte honger speelt zich af tijdens de grote hongersnood die Finland teisterde gedurende de extreem strenge winter van 1867. Veel van de inwoners van Finland had te kampen met honger, ziekte en uitputting. Zo ook de hoofdpersonen van de roman moeder Marja en haar dochter Mataleena en haar zoontje Juha. Als de vader van het gezin op sterven na dood is, verlaat de moeder met haar kinderen in wanhoop het huis. Ze laten de doodzieke man achter en trotseren de vreselijke ontberingen van de Finse winter…lees verder > Appartient à la série éditorialePeirene Press (Chance Encounter: Meeting The Other, 16)
What does it take to survive? This is the question posed by the extraordinary Finnish novella that has taken the Nordic literary scene by storm. 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 story 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 '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 Books Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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 Google Books — Chargement...GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)894.54134Literature Literature of other languages Altaic, Finno-Ugric, Uralic and Dravidian languages Fenno-Ugric languages Fennic languages Finnish Finnish fiction 2000–Classification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne: (3.89)
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Mientras en el senado de Helsinki se discute cómo hacer frente a la emergencia, los hermanos Renqvist –un médico y un político– tienen tiempo para, además de discrepar sobre cómo actuar ante la carestía, ocuparse de cosas más mundanas. Sin embargo, el terrible drama del hambre y los refugiados que provoca acabará afectando de distinta manera a todo el país.
El año del hambre es una conmovedora historia sobre una crisis humanitaria que desgarra a una sociedad. A partir de un episodio clave de la historia de Finlandia, Ollikainen ha escrito una bellísima novela de escalofriante actualidad.