Sofi Oksanen. (2015). When the Doves Disappeared: A novel. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

Sofi Oksanen. 2015. When the Doves Disappeared: A Novel. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

Sofi Oksanen, When the Doves Disappeared: A Novel. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2015.

Sofi Oksanen. When the Doves Disappeared: A Novel. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2015.

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   • bioText: SOFI OKSANEN is a Finnish-Estonian novelist and playwright. She has received numerous prizes for her work, including the Swedish Academy Nordic Prize, the Prix Femina, the Budapest Grand Prize, the European Book Prize, and the Nordic Council Literature Prize. She lives in Helsinki.
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From the acclaimed author of Purge (“a stirring and humane work of art” —The New Republic) comes a riveting, chillingly relevant new novel of occupation, resistance, and collaboration in Eastern Europe.
1941: In Communist-ruled, war-ravaged Estonia, two men are fleeing from the Red Army—Roland, a fiercely principled freedom fighter, and his slippery cousin Edgar. When the Germans arrive, Roland goes into hiding; Edgar abandons his unhappy wife, Juudit, and takes on a new identity as a loyal supporter of the Nazi regime . . . 1963: Estonia is again under Communist control, independence even further out of reach behind the Iron Curtain. Edgar is now a Soviet apparatchik, desperate to hide the secrets of his past life and stay close to those in power. But his fate remains entangled with Roland’s, and with Juudit, who may hold the key to uncovering the truth . . .
Great acts of deception and heroism collide in this masterful story of surveillance, passion, and betrayal, as Sofi Oksanen brings to life the frailty—and the resilience—of humanity under the shadow of tyranny.
 
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   • source: The New Yorker
   • content: "A chilling story of loss and betrayal . . . The novel is a piercing look at characters striving to retain their humanity amid fear, violence, and secrecy."
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   • source: The Economist
   • content: "A brave and important voice . . . Betrayal, secrecy, and memory are the haunting themes of Sofi Oksanen's accomplished new novel . . . Most readers will start the book with only a hazy grasp of the intricacies of Baltic history. But they will be gripped by the dilemmas it created for Estonians, and the ways they are resolved in the book . . . Oksanen's insights and intuition mean she is fast becoming one of the foremost voices in the ex-communist world."
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   • source: Masha Gessen, New York Review of Books
   • content: "Oksanen gives voice to a rarely discussed--or portrayed--Eastern European knowledge: no one survived World War II with her hopes, dreams, and loves intact . . . When the Doves Disappeared gives a devastatingly clear picture of airless space. Everyone in the book is beholden to everyone else: everyone is the keeper of secrets that can destroy a life . . . These are not stories that writers--fiction writers, young writers, or, really, any writers--usually tell . . . When the Doves Disappeared is a fictional challenge to the very idea that Finlandization is a valid strategy, or even an option that ought to be discussed in a moral universe."
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   • source: Paul Gould, Financial Times
   • content: "This is a tense, politically relevant novel that asks: what would you do to survive? . . . The prose is fluent and vivid . . . Oksanen's temporal shifts weave an intrigue that builds to moments of shocking revelation."
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   • source: The Guardian
   • content: "Oksanen isn't merely a Finnish writer who has broken through. The author of Purge, which sold over a million copies, is an international publishing sensation, frequently likened to Stieg Larsson . . . Her family reflects Estonia's 20th-century divisions [and] When the Doves Disappeared maps out these bitter intra-family conflicts . . . These scenes are pregnant with a spooky low-level menace."
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   • source: Ian Thomson, Daily Telegraph
   • content: "Superb . . . A fast-paced historical novel . . . [There is] a Graham Greene-like atmosphere . . . Oksanen, a great post-Russian-Empire writer, has helped to return Estonia to the consciousness of the West."
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   • source: Renée Chavez, Weekly Alibi (Albuquerque)
   • content: "Oksanen displays a tragically beautiful understanding of human character, motivation, and desire."
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   • source: Cleveland Plain Dealer
   • content: "Given recent events in Crimea, many in tiny Estonia are again anxious. Their homeland and its brave, battered heart are well-served by this book . . . Powerfully evocative . . . Has the quick pace and plot twists of a literary thriller . . . Juudit [is] a wonderfully drawn and complex character."
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   • source: Publishers Weekly (starred)
   • content: "The fragmented narrative, adeptly translated by Rogers, switches between the Third Reich and the height of Soviet power, using these two time periods to make ideal use of dramatic irony . . . Oksanen manages to relate these stories without horror or judgment, and reminds the reader that, whatever else people in wartime may do, they are human creatures, and not the one-dimensional monsters that history makes them seem to be."
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    • source: Reba Leiding, Library Journal (starred)
    • content: "Oksanen depicts civilian life in wartime and under communist oppression in rich historical detail, skillfully manipulating chronology and threading clues subtly throughout the narrative as suspense builds. Highly recommended."
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    • source: Joanne Wilkinson, Booklist
    • content: "Oksanen captures both the futility of the citizens of a tiny country who yearn for freedom and the dark heart of an opportunist who would sell out his own family in order to survive. This is powerful fiction that stirs history, war crimes, and psychology into a compelling mix."
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    • source: Oleg Gordievsky CMG (former KGB colonel and secret agent for MI6)
    • content: "This book is excellent. The public needs to know what Eastern Europe has experienced in the twentieth century. Three occupations are behind them and despite it Estonia now is one of the leading European nations."
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      Starred review from January 19, 2015
      During and after the Second World War, the boundaries and power structures of Europe changed dramatically. In this fourth novel, Oksanen, who has won the Swedish Academy Nordic Prize and Budapest Grand Prize, traces those changes through the lives of one Estonian family. Focusing mostly on Roland's passion for a free Estonia, Juudith's quest to be cherished, and Edgar's machinations, Oksanen's characters must navigate the ever-changing political landscape that means danger for everyone, especially those who, like Edgar, lust for power and recognition. The fragmented narrative, adeptly translated by Rogers, switches between the Third Reich and the height of Soviet power, using these two time periods to make ideal use of dramatic irony, to render understandable collusion with the enemy as well as portray its consequences, and to evoke sympathy for a man whose ambition leads him to commit terrible atrocities. Oksanen manages to relate these stories without horror or judgment, and reminds the reader that, whatever else people in wartime may do, they are human creatures, and not the one-dimensional monsters that history makes them seem to be. Agent: Salomonsson Agency.

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      December 15, 2014
      The lives of three Estonians reflect their country's ordeal during and after World War II in the latest novel by this Finnish-Estonian author (Purge, 2010).For the small Baltic nation, it was a triple whammy. First the Russians occupied it in 1940. The following year, the Germans invaded, and the Russians were forced out. In 1944, it was the Germans' turn to flee; this time, the Russian occupation would last for decades. Oksanen begins her story in '41. Roland and his cousin Edgar have returned from training in Finland to drive the Red Army out of their country. While Roland fights fearlessly, Edgar is terrified of combat, though he does have other skills. A glib talker and willing informer, he ingratiates himself with the Germans, initially seen as liberators, and forges papers, giving himself a German name. Unable or unwilling to have sex with his wife, Juudit, he lives apart from her. Roland's situation is worse. He learns his fiancee, Rosalie, has killed herself and is buried in an unmarked grave. Suspecting foul play, he vows to track down her killer. Juudit meanwhile has fallen in love with an SS officer and moved into his house. So far so good, with three characters clearly delineated: The honorable Roland, Estonia's conscience; Edgar, a world-class creep; and the conflicted Juudit, who sleeps with a German while helping Roland smuggle refugees. Narrative momentum evaporates with a series of fast forwards to the much less volatile and engaging 1963-65 period, when Edgar has yet another identity as a tireless communist propagandist, a reluctant Juudit is back with him, and Roland has vanished. Camp horrors under the Nazis are dealt with perfunctorily, and the mystery of Rosalie's death is not revealed until the very end; so much for the revenge motif. Fascinating material that's marred by the lack of an angle or perspective.

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      January 1, 2015
      In meticulously precise prose, Finnish Estonian novelist Oksanen exposes the craven nature of oppression in Estonia during two time periods, first by German invaders in 1941, then by Communists in 1963. Three charactersfierce resistance fighter Roland; supreme opportunist Edgar; and Edgar's hapless wife, Juuditare each forced to make life-altering decisions under desperate circumstances. Roland has always yearned for an independent Estonia and deserts the Red Army to mobilize for freedom. He knows that his cousin Edgar is a braggart inclined to stretch the truth, but he is shocked to learn that Edgar has abandoned his wife and become a loyal supporter of the Nazi regime. Twenty years later, though, Edgar has managed to cover up his background and become a Soviet apparatchik, writing a completely fabricated, devious history of Estonians who collaborated with the Nazis. Oksanen captures both the futility of the citizens of a tiny country who yearn for freedom and the dark heart of an opportunist who would sell out his own family in order to survive. This is powerful fiction that stirs history, war crimes, and psychology into a compelling mix.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2015, American Library Association.)

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      Originally published in Finnish and a big seller in Finland and Sweden, this new work from Oksanen (Purge) opens in wartime Estonia, a country invaded both by the Soviets and by the Nazis and after World War II integrated into the USSR. Two cousins are dodging Russian troops in the countryside as the front shifts. Roland is an insurgent who supports a free Estonia, but villainous Edgar has collaborated with the Russians and now forges a new identity and finds work with the Nazis. Edgar's wife, Juudit, a naive woman who doesn't realize that Edgar is a closeted homosexual, moves to the city, where she becomes a German SS officer's "war bride." The interconnections among the Estonian civilians and the difficult decisions they must make haunt them throughout the war and after. The story line stretches into the 1960s, when Edgar has reinvented himself yet again, insinuating himself with the KGB. He is still searching for Roland, whom Edgar fears could puncture his armor of lies. VERDICT Oksanen depicts civilian life in wartime and under communist oppression in rich historical detail, skillfully manipulating chronology and threading clues subtly throughout the narrative as suspense builds. Highly recommended. [See Prepub Alert, 8/22/14.]--Reba Leiding, emeritus, James Madison Univ. Lib., Harrisonburg, VA

      Copyright 2015 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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      September 15, 2014
      

      The multi-award-winning Oksanen sells more books in her native Finland than J.K. Rowing; Purge, her first novel to be translated into English, was both an IndieBound and a Discover Great New Writers pick. All of which bodes well for this tale of resistance, collaboration, and totalitarian control in 1940s Estonia, where freedom fighter Roland goes into hiding even as his self-serving cousin Edgar backs the invading Germans. Later, in the 1960s, Soviet apparatchik Edgar is desperate to keep his past submerged.

      Copyright 2014 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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      Originally published in Finnish and a big seller in Finland and Sweden, this new work from Oksanen (Purge) opens in wartime Estonia, a country invaded both by the Soviets and by the Nazis and after World War II integrated into the USSR. Two cousins are dodging Russian troops in the countryside as the front shifts. Roland is an insurgent who supports a free Estonia, but villainous Edgar has collaborated with the Russians and now forges a new identity and finds work with the Nazis. Edgar's wife, Juudit, a naive woman who doesn't realize that Edgar is a closeted homosexual, moves to the city, where she becomes a German SS officer's "war bride." The interconnections among the Estonian civilians and the difficult decisions they must make haunt them throughout the war and after. The story line stretches into the 1960s, when Edgar has reinvented himself yet again, insinuating himself with the KGB. He is still searching for Roland, whom Edgar fears could puncture his armor of lies. VERDICT Oksanen depicts civilian life in wartime and under communist oppression in rich historical detail, skillfully manipulating chronology and threading clues subtly throughout the narrative as suspense builds. Highly recommended. [See Prepub Alert, 8/22/14.]--Reba Leiding, emeritus, James Madison Univ. Lib., Harrisonburg, VA

      Copyright 2015 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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1941: In Communist-ruled, war-ravaged Estonia, two men are fleeing from the Red Army—Roland, a fiercely principled freedom fighter, and his slippery cousin Edgar. When the Germans arrive, Roland goes into hiding; Edgar abandons his unhappy wife, Juudit, and takes on a new identity as a loyal supporter of the Nazi regime . . . 1963: Estonia is again under Communist control, independence even further out of reach behind the Iron Curtain. Edgar is now a Soviet apparatchik, desperate to hide the secrets of his past life and stay close to those in power. But his fate remains entangled with Roland’s, and with Juudit, who may hold the key to uncovering the truth . . .
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