
Land of Snow and Ashes
by Petra Rautiainen
Title:
Land of Snow and Ashes
Author:
Petra Rautiainen
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
288 pages
Publisher:
Pushkin Press IWUK
ISBN-13:
9781782277378
EAN:
9781782277378
Classifications:
Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
Weight (g):
404
Dimensions (mm):
130 x 196 x 28
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
The haunting, gripping story of Lapland''s buried history of Nazi crimes during World War II, perfect for fans of Stolen by Ann-Helén LaestadiusA beautifully written novel and a thriller that will keep readers turning the page to find out the truth about this disgraceful chapter of Finnish history Harvard ReviewFinnish Lapland, 1944: a young soldier is called to work as an interpreter at a Nazi prison camp. Surrounded by cruelty and death, he struggles to hold onto his humanity. When peace comes, the crimes are buried beneath the snow and ice.A few years later, journalist Inkeri is assigned to investigate the rapid development of remote Western Lapland. Her real motivation is more personal: she is following a lead on her husband, who disappeared during the war. Finding a small community riven with tension and suspicious of outsiders, Inkeri slowly begins to uncover traces of disturbing facts that were never supposed to come to light.From this starkly beautiful polar landscape emerges a story of silenced histories and ongoing oppression, of human brutality and survival.










