{"product_id":"9781908670212","title":"White Hunger","description":"What does it take to survive? This is the question posed by the extraordinary Finnish novella that has taken the Nordic literary scene by storm.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1867: a year of devastating famine in Finland. Marja, a farmer’s wife from the north, sets off on foot through the snow with her two young children. Their goal: St Petersburg, where people say there is bread. Others are also heading south, just as desperate to survive. Ruuni, a boy she meets, seems trustworthy. But can anyone really help?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy Peirene chose to publish this book: ‘Like Cormac McCarthy’s\u003cem\u003eThe Road\u003c\/em\u003e, this apocalyptic story deals with the human will to survive. And let me be honest: There will come a point in this book where you can take no more of the snow-covered desolation. But then the first rays of spring sun appear and our belief in the human spirit revives. A stunning tale.’\u003cstrong\u003eMeike Ziervogel\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eWhite Hunger\u003c\/em\u003eis Aki Ollikainen’s debut work, but it is written with the control of someone who has mastered the form.’\u003cstrong\u003eNicholas Lezard,\u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Such a powerful, honest and thought-provoking story deserves an audience far beyond the shores of Scandinavia.’\u003cstrong\u003ePam Norfolk,\u003cem\u003eLancashire Evening Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Impossible not to respond to its raw, unsparing drama.’\u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth Bucan,\u003cem\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A tale of epic substance compacted into a mere seven-score pages.’\u003cstrong\u003eBen Paynter,\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e","brand":"Peirene Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137458979056,"sku":"9781908670212","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781908670212_p0.jpg?v=1763621412","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781908670212","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}