· The severe famine that brought havoc and destruction to nineteenth century rural Ireland has been well documented. Less well known is that more than , people (about 15% of the population) died when Finland experienced a similarly devastating famine in the late s. This is the background to Aki Ollikainen's short, disquieting novel White Hunger. 9 rows · · Meike Ziervogel. ‘ White Hunger is Aki Ollikainen’s debut work, but it is written with the Brand: Peirene Press. A photographer and journalist by profession, Ollikainen received widespread acclaim for his debut novel Nälkävuosi (), an account of the Finnish famine of The book won several prizes and has been translated into English by Emily Jeremiah and Fleur Jeremiah under the title White Hunger (Peirene Press, ).
White Hunger is written by Aki Ollikainen and published by Peirene Press. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for White Hunger are , and the print ISBNs are , Save up to 80% versus print by going digital with VitalSource. Aki Ollikainen, White Hunger (), translated from Finnish by Emily Jeremiah and Fleur Jeremiah. (Peirene Press: London, ). , pp, pbk original. BUY at Blackwell's via our affiliate link (free UK PP). 'White Hunger is Aki Ollikainen's debut work, but it is written with the control of someone who has mastered the form.' Nicholas Lezard, Guardian 'Such a powerful, honest and thought-provoking story deserves an audience far beyond the shores of Scandinavia.' Pam Norfolk, Lancashire Evening Post 'Impossible not to respond to its raw, unsparing.
“White Hunger is Aki Ollikainen’s debut work, but it is written with the control of someone who has mastered the form. It has won four of Finland’s literary prizes, and I imagine this is not only down to the spare, taut prose, but to the way in which it documents one of the most painful periods of Finnish history. ‘White Hungeris Aki Ollikainen’s debut work, but it is written with the control of someone who has mastered the form.’Nicholas Lezard,Guardian ‘Such a powerful, honest and thought-provoking story deserves an audience far beyond the shores of Scandinavia.’Pam Norfolk,Lancashire Evening Post. Review: White Hunger by Aki Ollikainen I received an advanced review copy of this title from Peirene Press. White Hunger has been translated from the Finnish by Emily Jeremiah and Fleur Jeremiah.
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