Sofi Oksanen: Purge
World Book Club
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Alide and Zara: A Novel About Weaponising Sexual Violence
Sophie Coontz answers a question from Jackie Gordon in Florence, Italy. She asks: Did you have any other ideas for telling the story of Alide and Zara or did it have to be this brutal? Sophie says she doesn't think they are 'brutal' The book is about weaponising a sexual violence - not a pleasant subject quite simply.
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