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Raja (2006)

by Riikka Pulkkinen

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It's a sweltering summer's day, and Anja Aropalo is on her way home with two errands in mind: first, to water the roses, and then to commit suicide. She is slowly losing her husband to Alzheimer's disease, and she has made him a terrible promise -- one she's not sure she can keep. For Anja's niece, Mari, death is a teenage fantasy of grieving family and eternal beauty, an escape from the dullness of her life. But the adventure she longs for seems to come within reach when she begins a relationship with her charismatic teacher, Julian. His six-year-old daughter, Anni, is a witness to their blossoming affair, observing the lies and truths of those around her as she tries to discover what it is to be an adult. The Limitdraws together these four people, all struggling to work out where their boundaries lie. In vivid, incandescent prose, Riikka Pulkkinen reveals how our limits can show us who we really are.… (more)
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Wow, what a book! A very rich book, that hot to me right from page one.
Two storylines that, although they are completely seperate, cross one another in two places directly.
A book about love & hate, intelligence & Alzheimer's, life & death, hood & bad and the boundaries that are there, for each and everyone of us, but for all in a different spot.

Highly recommended! ( )
  BoekenTrol71 | Nov 6, 2015 |
Kirjassa käsitellään 53-vuotiaan Anjan ja lukiolaistyttö Marin suhdetta kuolemaan, rakkauteen, moraaliin sekä yhteiskunnan asettamiin lakeihin ja normeihin. Anja on luvannut Alzheimerin tautia sairastavalle miehelleen auttavansa tätä kuolemaan, kun tämä ei enää muista. Mari rakastuu äidinkielenopettajaansa ja heidän välilleen syntyy epäsovinnainen suhde. Suhteen edetessä oikean ja väärän rajat hämärtyvät. ( )
  aakaroliina | Dec 8, 2014 |
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Aan je geliefden kun je geen misdaad beloven en juist aan hen beloof je alles.
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Voor mijn vader en moeder,
die mij leerden lezen en schrijven.
Voor mijn zussen Johanna en Marikka,
Omdat ik in jullie gezelschap mocht opgroeien.
Voor mijn beste vriendin Ilona,
mijn meest kritische lezer, die mild en wild als geen ander het leven leeft.
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De dag waarop Anja Aropalo besloten had te sterven, was de lucht zoet en dik geweest als een suikerspin.
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It's a sweltering summer's day, and Anja Aropalo is on her way home with two errands in mind: first, to water the roses, and then to commit suicide. She is slowly losing her husband to Alzheimer's disease, and she has made him a terrible promise -- one she's not sure she can keep. For Anja's niece, Mari, death is a teenage fantasy of grieving family and eternal beauty, an escape from the dullness of her life. But the adventure she longs for seems to come within reach when she begins a relationship with her charismatic teacher, Julian. His six-year-old daughter, Anni, is a witness to their blossoming affair, observing the lies and truths of those around her as she tries to discover what it is to be an adult. The Limitdraws together these four people, all struggling to work out where their boundaries lie. In vivid, incandescent prose, Riikka Pulkkinen reveals how our limits can show us who we really are.

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