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252 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 2020
Naturally, Finland has its own unique narrative of the Second World War. Finns consider the war as at least three separate conflicts: the Winter War (1939-40), the Continuation War (1941-4) and the Lapland War (1944-5), and it is during the latter conflict and its aftermath that the events here take place..
A woman arrived with the doctor. I understand she is a shamanistic bloodletter. A witch. Noaidi, in the local tongue. For some reason she is working here as a nurse. She didn’t say anything to us and got straight to work. But I did catch sight of her eyes. They are a strange colour. I have never seen anything like it. I was afraid to look into them but couldn’t help myself. They were like freshly blossomed heath violets or fat bilberries glistening in the morning dew. Not quite blue, but something altogether different..
A hue reflecting the piercing Arctic light and the universe.