Country: Finland
Translated by Emily Jeremiah & Fleur Jeremiah
Aki Ollikainen in his White Hunger goes deep into the scarred face of the famine of 1867, that hit Finland. Marja is the wife of a local farmer, who, caught in the famine decides to travel south like many of the people suffering in the famine.
St.Petersburg becomes a town synonymous with the availability of bread.This bread is even made of lichen or pine bark. Runni, is also a boy who is desperately searching for food.
How much will you have to pay for survival? A taut novella it is, get hold of it now!
Book Details:-
Author: | Aki Ollikainen | ||
Publisher: | Peirene Press Ltd | Publishing Year: | 2015 |
ISBN-13: | 9781908670205 | ISBN-10: | 1908670207 |
Cover: | Paperback | No. Of Pages: | 128 |
MRP: | Rs 1003 | Buy From: | Flipkart.com Amazon.in |
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