Fegefeuer
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9783462042344 (3462042343)
Publish date: August 19th 2010
Publisher: Kiepenheuer & Witsch
Pages no: 400
Edition language: Deutsch
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
Book Club,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Mystery,
Contemporary,
Thriller,
Crime,
Scandinavian Literature,
Finnish Literature
Well, the third week really hit my bingo experience out of the ballpark this year -- and not only because it finished with my first completed bingo; that was actually just the icing on the cake. But it included no less than three absolutely knock-out fabulous books, plus a fourth that was almost as...
Durch meine diesjährige Autorinnenchallenge, in der ich in 13 Monaten 26 Bücher von Autorinnen mit dem Familiennamen A-Z lese (Details dazu hier), habe ich mich aus meiner bisherigen Komfortzone herausbegeben und möchte Euch nun zum relativ exotischen Buchstaben O die finnische Autorin Sofi Oksanen ...
Part psychological thriller, part historical fiction, this book was not at all what I expected. You should avoid reading reviews if possible because too many give away too much, but to give a general idea, the novel begins in Estonia in 1992, where an old woman, Aliide Truu, lives alone in the count...
60. PURGE, BY SOFI OKSANENThe last of Tytti’s recommendations. She warned me it contained sexual violence, but I still wasn’t quite ready for the graphic descriptions and sadistic details. Still, a very interesting book, if you have the stomach for it.Synopsis: Aliide, an old Soviet occupancy surviv...
I don't remember when I've hated the main character as much as Aliide! And I don't think we need 3-4 pages to read about killing a fly. I can't say what exactly annoyed me about the writing but I just wasn't fan of it.It started really slow and I almost fell asleep but it got better. I don't think I...