Stalin's Cows (2003)
Extremely powerful debut about three generations of women, separated from each other by the force of politics, war, love and illness.
In this astonishing debut by a writer endowed with a rare storytelling genius, the lives of three women of different generations and societies – grandmother, mother, and daughter – serve as the uniting force of a highly unusual and powerful epic narrative. In depicting the lives of Sofia, Katariina and Anna, whose lives unfold in communist Estonia, capitalist Finland, or both, Oksanen lets the entire 20th century flash before our eyes, while retaining a loving but firm grip on her characters and the bond between them. Stalinin lehmät is Oksanen’s inexorable showdown with the hypocrisy of it all; with the power of shame and feeling second-class, the harsh divide between East and West, the impossible feat of being a woman.
Awards:
Shortlisted for the Runeberg Award 2004.
Rights sold to:
Brazil (Record), Czech Republic (Euromedia), Denmark (Rosinante), Estonia (Tänapäev), Finland (WSOY), France (Stock), Germany (Kiepenheuer & Witsch), Hungary (Scolar), Iceland (Forlagid), Italy (Guanda), Latvia (Jumava), Lithuania (Versus Aureus), Norway (Oktober), Poland (Swiat Ksiaski), Romania (Polirom), Spain (451 editores), Sweden (Bazar), Turkey (Pegasus), Ukraine (Folio).
Brazil
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Portuguese: To be announced
Hardcover
Publisher: Record (-)
Czech Republic
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Czech: To be announced
Hardcover
Publisher: Odeon-Euromedia Group (-)
Contact: odeon@euromedia.cz
Denmark
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Danish: Stalins køer
Hardcover
ISBN: 9788763816335
Translator: Birgita Bonde Hansen
Publisher: Rosinante (2011)
Contact: Info@rosinante-co.dk
Estonia
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Estonian: Stalini lehmad
Hardcover
ISBN: 9789985622179
Translator: Tauno Vahter
Publisher: Tänapäev (2004)
Finland
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Finnish: Stalinin lehmät
Hardcover
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Finnish: Stalinin lehmät
Pocket Book
ISBN: 9789525635287
Publisher: Bazar (2006)
France
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French: Les vaches de Staline
Hardcover
ISBN: 978-2234069473
Translator: Sébastien Cagnoli
Publisher: Éditions Stock (2011)
Germany
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German: To be announced
Publisher: Kiepenheuer&Witsch Verlag (2012)
Hungary
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Hungarian: Sztálin tehenei
Hardcover
ISBN: 9789632442631
Translator: Eva Papp
Publisher: Scolar (2011)
Iceland
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Icelandic: To be announced
Hardcover
Publisher: Forlagið (-)
Contact: forlagid@forlagid.is
Latvia
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Latvian: To be announced
Hardcover
Publisher: Jumava (-)
Contact: reklama@jumava.lv
Lithuania
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Lithuanian: To be announced
Hardcover
Publisher: Versus Aureus (-)
Contact: versus@versus.lt
Norway
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Norwegian: Stalins Kyr
Hardcover
ISBN: 9788249506316
Translator: Morten Abildsnes
Publisher: Oktober (2009)
Contact: oktober@oktober.no
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Norwegian: Stalins Kyr
Pocket Book
ISBN: 978824950720
Translator: Morten Abildsnes
Publisher: Oktober (2010)
Contact: oktober@oktober.no
Poland
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Polish: To be announced
Publisher: Swiat Ksiazki (-)
Romania
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Romanian: To be announced
Publisher: Polirom (-)
Spain
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Spanish: Las vacas de Stalin
Hardcover
ISBN: 9788496822566
Translator: Ursula Ojanen and Rafael Garcia Anguita
Publisher: Editores 451 (2008)
Sweden
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Swedish: Stalins Kossor
Hardcover
ISBN: 9789170281051
Translator: Janina Orlov
Publisher: Bazar (2007)
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Swedish: Stalins kossor
Pocket Book
ISBN: 9789170281891
Translator: Janina Orlov
Publisher: Bazar (2010)
Turkey
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Turkish: To be announced
Hardcover
Publisher: Pegasus (-)
Ukraine
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Ukrainian: Сталінські корови
Hardcover
Publisher: Folio (2011)
