Rachel Seiffert

A tale of impossible love: The End of Drum Time, by Hanna Pylväinen, reviewed

A 19th-century missionary’s daughter falls for a Sami herdsman and flees with him to the tundra – only to find that, as an incomer, she will always be cold-shouldered

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issue 06 July 2024
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  • The End of Drum Time

    Hanna Pylväinen

    Swift Press, pp. 368, £14

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