![]() ![]() When Manna’s mysterious death drives Vanna to addiction, she joins with Jare, a former farmhand on the property, to sell chilies. ![]() Born in Spain and raised on a farm along with her beloved sister, Manna, by Aulikki, their grandmother, after their parents’ death, Vanna looks like an eloi but her intelligence and curiosity make her something else, a secret that Aulikki helps her protect. Despite the various sources, the heart of the story belongs to Vanna. Wells) are females who have been bred for their beauty and submissive traits only they (as opposed to morlocks) are legally allowed to reproduce. It also divides its citizens into sexual hierarchies. What kind of world bans spice? In a series of personal accounts, letters, dictionary entries, and excerpts from “historic” source materials, we learn that life in the Eusistocratic Republic of Finland is dictated and controlled by the Health Authority, which unlike the European Decadent states bans substances for the supposed health of its citizens. The novel opens in a cemetery, where an illegal transaction of capsaicin, the ingredient in chilies that gives them their heat, is underway Vanna meets an unknown seller to get a sample of the product, which she tests by shoving it into her underwear. ![]() Finnish author Sinisalo ( Troll: A Love Story) spins a dystopian tale in her latest. ![]()
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