Same River, Twice Putin's War on Women

"Growing up on the lines that straddled the Western world and the colonized nations of the Soviet Union, Sofi Oksanen recognized that the borders colonialism drew on maps crossed bodies, too -especially the bodies of women. In Same River, Twice, one of Europe's leading novelists uses her personal experience to shed light on the personal experiences of others: ordinary women trapped in the crossfire of a great geopolitical game." - Benjamin Moser, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Sontag: Her Life and Work

"An exquisite feminist critique of Russia's oppressive tactics." - Kirkus Reviews

"Thoughtful, instructive and deeply harrowing. . . . The book makes a compelling case that misogyny and imperialism are linked." - Luke Harding, The Guardian

"[A] devastating polemic . . .Elegant, passionate . . . Historical and geographical details illuminate, but do not obscure, [Oksanen's] personal and political perspectives." - The Times (UK)

"In a raging, bitter essay, the Finnish writer offers a lucid interpretation of the massive sexual violence practiced by the Russian army in Ukraine." - Le Monde