The Red Book of Farewells

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Beschreibung

<p><b>'A Finnish masterpiece of autofiction... a dreamy, complex and therefore so very human portrait of the formation of a great artist' <i>Financial Times</i></b></p><p><i>'This is where she would like to belong, here in the kingdom of women, where words are sharp but gazes are soft.'</i></p><p>In 1970s Helsinki, a revolutionary storm is blowing through Pirkko Saisio's university. She has moved out of her family home, joined a communist theatre, and fallen in love for the first time. Her newly shaved head looks unmistakably modern, and Bertold Brecht lives on her windowsill to profess God-like words of wisdom.</p><p>Playful, moving and original, this autofictional coming-of-age story embeds the reader in a world where art and activism are irrevocably intertwined, and where queer love, still a crime, thrives in underground bars.<br>In her mesmerizing account of radical politics and sexual awakening, Pirkko Saisio offers a series of farewells, to her mother, to the idealism of youth, to friends and lovers, and finally to her grown daughter. The grand finale of the award-winning Helsinki trilogy, <i>The Red Book of Farewells</i> embraces the revolutionary potential of moving on.</p><p>Translated from Finnish by Mia Spangenberg</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780241730119

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

209 x 132 x 26 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Verlag / Hersteller

Penguin Books Ltd (UK)