Dog park / Sofi Oksanen ; translated by Owen F. Witesman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oksanen, Sofi, 1977- author.

Contributor:

Witesman, Owen, translator.

Standardized Title:

Koirapuisto. English

Language:

English

Finnish

Subjects (All):

Fertility, Human--Finland--Fiction.

Fertility, Human.

Fertility, Human--Ukraine--Fiction.

Betrayal--Fiction.

Betrayal.

Ukraine.

Finland.

Surrogate mothers--Fiction.

Surrogate mothers.

Genre:

Fiction.

Novels.

Psychological fiction.

Thrillers (Fiction)

Physical Description:

353 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.

Summary:

"From a major internationally acclaimed writer--the author of Purge--who is poised to break out in the U.S. comes a ferociously plotted novel of intrigue, betrayal, and murder in the global fertility market. 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 on 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"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

"This is a Borzoi book" -- title page verso.

Translated from the Finnish.

Other Format:

Online version: Oksanen, Sofi, 1977- Dog park.

ISBN:

9780525659471

0525659471

OCLC:

1198219026