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'An ambiguous horror story about egg donorship and the black market, it keeps the reader equally balanced between frustration and fascination. ' Daily Mail
'An intricate, textured slow-burner that paints a vivid picture of a post-Soviet state where gangsters rule and the exploitation of the female body is big business' Guardian
Helsinki, 2016. Olenka sits on a bench, watching a family play in a dog park. A stranger sits down beside her. Olenka startles; she would recognize this other woman anywhere. After all, Olenka was the one who ruined her life. And this woman may be about to do the same to Olenka. Yet, for a fragile moment, here they are, together - looking at their own children being raised by other people.
Moving seamlessly between modern-day Finland and Ukraine in the early days of its post-Soviet independence, Dog Park is a keenly observed, dark and propulsive novel set at the intersection of East and West, centered in a web of exploitation and the commodification of the female body. Oksanen brings fearless psychological acuity to this captivating story about a woman unable to escape the memory of her lost child, the ruthless powers that still hunt her, and the lies that could well end up saving her.
Publisher: Atlantic Books
ISBN: 9781838951429
Number of pages: 368
Weight: 403 g
Dimensions: 210 x 148 x 25 mm
Edition: Main
An ambiguous horror story about egg donorship and the black market, it keeps the reader equally balanced between frustration and fascination. - Daily Mail
Following her incredibly popular Purge, Sofi Oksanen gives us another propulsive thriller about a woman unable to forget her lost child and the web of lies she's built around herself. A novelist and playwright, Oksanen is one of the most awarded literary authors in Scandinavia; now, we get to experience the phenomenon. - Lit Hub
Fans of slow-burning suspense will find much to enjoy - Publishers Weekly
With the volatile European fertility market as her backdrop, a rising Scandinavian star poses troubling questions about the double-edged sword of motherhood and the rancorous debates over women's bodies - Oprah, Best Translated Books of 2021
A remarkably ambitious story... Oksanen has much to say about the price of parenthood and the cost for young women who, with few other options to escape poverty, become egg donors or surrogates. Owen F. Witesman's translation conveys the mounting tension as Oksanen layers in shadowy, overlapping plotlines. - New York Times
Stunning and furious - Mesta, Finland
Sharp, sociocritical... Passionate drama, murder and revenge make this a thriller-like novel with a high level of suspense. - Bergens Tidende, Norway
An intricate, textured slow-burner that paints a vivid picture of a post-Soviet state where gangsters rule and the exploitation of the female body is big business - Guardian
I really enjoyed the Ukranian history in this book, particularly the way it affected the "ordinary" citizens . It did feel there were a lot of stereotypes that we tend to see in the West though: selling... More
One of my favorite reads so far this year! Dog Park was all types of unfamiliar to me – its setting, history, and even the occupation of the main character was something I previously only had very surface level... More
The narrator, like many women from the Ukraine, is scraping a living in Finland, working for more affluent women. When she is watching a family in the dog park one day, she is confronted by a woman from her past, and... More
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