{"product_id":"9780241730119-red-book-of-farewells","title":"The Red Book of Farewells","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A Finnish masterpiece of autofiction. Saisio's Helsinki trilogy is a dreamy, complex and therefore so very human portrait of the formation of a great artist' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘This is where she would like to belong, here in the kingdom of women, where words are sharp but gazes are soft.’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlayful, 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.\u003cbr\u003eIn 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Red Book of Farewells\u003c\/i\u003e embraces the revolutionary potential of moving on.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated from Finnish by Mia Spangenberg\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57721980387702,"sku":"9780241730119","price":12.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41513331.jpg?v=1780539402","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241730119-red-book-of-farewells","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}