In this episode Petra Rautiainen talks about her debut novel LAND OF SNOW AND ASHES (in Finnish “Tuhkaan piirretty maa”) together with agent Leenastiina Kakko.

In this stunning debut novel the barren beauty of the Arctic nature in Lapland contrasts with the brutal actions conducted both at a secret Nazi prison camp during WWII and against the indigenous Sami people post-war. The web of competing nationalistic and ethnic motivations is depicted for the first time in Finnish literature as this powerful debut reveals one the darkest time periods in human history and the ugly secrets of the whitewashed Nordic history. Petra shares to us why she decided to write this story and tells more about the main characters and their backgrounds. She also reveals the topic of her second novel that she is currently writing.

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