White Hunger (Chance Encounter Series)

- Authors
- Ollikainen, Aki
- Publisher
- Peirene Press
- Tags
- adult
- ISBN
- 9781908670205
- Date
- 2012-03-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.22 MB
- Lang
- en
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?