Sex, drugs, and . . . agitprop. The radical seventies revisited. A young man's odyssey must be among the most explored themes in literature. Sonia O. Was Here presents a woman's reply. In the spirit of Bukowski, Miller, and Fellini, Snellman depicts a young woman's search for independence and freedom, her struggle to define her boundaries, and her encounters with the double standards of our society. Sonia O. is the daughter of two war refugees who suffer from chronic nostalgia for their homeland. The past is constantly present, but only fragments of it are revealed and the rest is not to be talked about. Sonia learns to imagine the missing chapters, trying to adapt herself to secrets that run in the family. In adolescence, she wants to break free from all of that. Her escape takes us through the streets of Helsinki, to the sticky floors of dance studios, the soft nights of St. Petersburg,...
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