Sofi Oksanen

Blending the journalistic rigour of Masha Gessen with the call to action of We Should All Be Feminists, a startling denunciation of Vladimir Putin’s war on women that reveals how modern Russia’s history of weaponising sexual violence against women is part of the Russian leader’s strategy to retain political influence and domination. On March 22, 2023, the Swedish Academy organised...

Helsinki, 2016. Olenka sits on a bench, watching a family play in a dog park. A stranger sits down beside her. Olenka startles; she would recognise this other woman anywhere. After all, Olenka was the one who ruined her life. And this woman may be about to do the same to Olenka. Yet, for a fragile moment, here they are,...