Novelist Sofi Oksanen signing her book "When the Pigeons Disappeared".

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Novelist Sofi Oksanen is a celebrated author writing in Finnish on the eras of Soviet and Nazi occupations of Estonia. Her books have been translated into several languages. In the photo she is signing her freshly published book "When the Pigeons Disappeared".

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Size: 3562px × 4960px
Location: Akateeminen Kirjakauppa bookstore, Helsinki, Finland, EU
Photo credit: © Hannu Mononen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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