Le vacche di Stalin

Stalin’s cow is a goat! The Danish title of the debut novel "Stalins Køer", by Finnish writer Sofi Oksanen, is fantastic. It both means “Stalins’ cows”, but also “Stalin's queues” - those famous queues in front of the socialist stores, to which Oksanen makes frequent references. Those queues where d Leggi tutto

I have read this book twice, I liked the Finland parts of the book. I was a child in soviet Estonia. It wasn't miserable, people were having a lot of fun. Oksanen sees it as a Finnish tourist, tourists don't get much about any country. Even Oksanen is better than an average tourist, her description

It took me nearly two weeks to read this book, but I liked it. If we could think of a new ‘genre’, we might call the novel ‘bulimarectic literature’, as well as there is romance, travel lit, and gay. But the novel is much more than that. It is a revolt of the author against the world she sees. It is Leggi tutto

Sen es nevienu grāmatu nebiju tā mocījusi. Tikai apziņa, ka man ir jāizlasa vismaz kaut kas no Oksanenas (jo pārējie inteliģenti jau sen to ir izdarījuši), piespieda cīnīties līdz galam. Vispār jau grāmata kā debijas romāns ir pieņemama, un autore tiešām nav pliekana un vienkāršota. Tomēr tā bulīmij Leggi tutto

Sofi Oksasen esikoisteos Stalinin lehmät kertoi kolmen sukupolven tarinan. Kirjassa ääni annettiin Annalle, Katariinalle ja Sofialle. Sofia ehtii kokea toisen maailmansodan vaiheet ja neuvostomiehityksen ajan. Sofian mies oli metsäveli, sillä hän ei halunnut taistella neuvostoliittolaisten joukoissa Leggi tutto