Purge

De: Sofi Oksanen, Lola Rogers - translator

Narrado por: Sian Thomas

Deep in an Estonian forest, two women - one young, one old - are hiding. Zara is a prostitute and a murderer, on the run from brutal captors, men who know about inflicting punishment. Aliide offers refuge, but not safety: She has her own secrets, traitorous crimes of passion and revenge committed long ago, during the country’s brutal Soviet years.

Both women have suffered lives of abuse. But this time their survival depends on revealing the one thing history has taught them to keep safely hidden: the truth. A haunting, intimate and gripping story of suspicion, betrayal and retribution against a backdrop of Soviet oppression and European war.

©2008 Sofi Oksanen. (P)2011 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Absolutely amazing

Gripping, a true work of art, I couldn’t stop listening to it. Definitely recommend. Fair warning though, it will make you cry.

Great story, but spoiled by details.

The story is excellent, but in my view it is spoiled by some details which are either implausible or flat out wrong. Narration is not that great with pronunciation of non-English words.

The way of life in Estonia

The chapters moving back and forth in time was somewhat confusing. Very suspenseful. 2 more

great book to understand estonian recent history

great plot, excellent narration. Through a complex story, the book helps the reader to understand Estonian history from 1939 to 1992, a period fraught with changing regimes, repressive governments and personal betrayels and tragedies

Jumpy

Novel structure fine, but audiobook chapter bookmark jumps around, ending up repeating chapters until you realize it.