![]() She also has an agenda of her own: to find out what happened to her husband who disappeared during the war. Journalist and photographer Inkeri settles in the town, to write a series of reports on Lapland’s reconstruction. The town of Enontekiö in Western Lapland, from 1947 to 1950: The crimes committed are buried deep in human mind, but later omitted with complete silence in the official history. In the middle of the Arctic wilderness in North-Eastern Lapland, in 1944:Ī young Finnish soldier, Väinö, works as a translator at a German-led prison camp where extreme cruelty is part of daily life, not only prisoners but also guards have to fight to preserve their humanity. ![]() These secrets are buried deep, while inconceivable destinies drive the narration, resulting in an intoxicating read. ![]() In this powerful debut novel, the beauty of the Arctic nature in Lapland contrasts with the brutal actions conducted both at a secret Nazi prison camp during the Second World War and against the indigenous Sámi people after the war. ![]()
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