Purifying
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Loading... - Calix Kallis
- 26 Jul 2022
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Sofi Oksanen Puhdistus opens the silent recent history of Estonia through the experiences of the women of one family. The work was created as a play, but its transformation from script to novel has succeeded beyond expectations. The controlled book, more profound than the play and if possible more grueling, is the most significant work of its author's production to date.
The purge gives a voice to the victims of war, communism and oppression. Along with the humiliation experienced in the 1940s, the novel also highlights the sexual abuse of modern women. The subjects and themes of the work are both topical and universal at the same time, and also partly new in our literature.
Aged Aliide Truu lives alone in her house in the Estonian countryside. The country became independent the previous year and the land reform has begun. The old woman's everyday life is interrupted by Zara, who is in her twenties, passed out in the yard. After coming to her senses, Zara says she is running away from her abusive husband and asks for asylum. Read More...
