The River

“The River fascinates. The story is beautiful and touching, even fun in some places. ”
Helsingin sanomat 

”The River is the most rigorous realism in its style, reflecting a strong spark of hope."
Satakunnan

“Liksom has written a captivating novel about people caught in the grip of war”
Keskisuomalainen

”A northern masterpiece”  
Karjalainen

”Rosa Liksom has written one of her best novels to date” 
Lapin Kansa

"One of the most impressive parts of Liksom's magnificent work is how it describes  animals and the relationship between them and humans"
 Turun Sanomat

”The River is a great novel about humanity and especially the smallness of man."
 Me Nasiet

“With intimate knowledge, Rosa Liksom portrays the void that the final year of the [second] world war left in northern Finland. It is heartbreaking.”
Västerbottens-Kuriren

“The River is a novel that allows us to understand our own time, and with whose help we may be able to approach the innermost essence of life. It is, to say the least, magnificent.”
Upsala Nya Tidning

“Necessary reading. … Rosa Liksom has always written brutal, confident and utterly unsentimental prose, but here, when depicting people and animals during a chaotic escape, there is also room for both love and compassion.”
Kulturnytt, Sveriges Radio

“Read together, The Colonel’s Wife and The River illustrate how wondrously strong the human essence is – the longing,the dreams and the anxiety – even in a war zone.”
Aftonbladet

“The River is a powerful and painful – but also reassuring – story, about escape and survival. Topics that unfortunately posses a continued timeliness even today. In addition, Liksom sheds new light on important historical events that otherwise risk sliding into the darkness of oblivion”
Norra Skåne

“The Finnish writer Rosa Liksom has an impeccable ability to merge sacred and profane, nature and culture, in her books.… Rosa Liksom has written a novel of equal significance to Swedish and Finnish historiography.”
Göteborgs-Posten