Saisio, Pirkko | THE RED BOOK OF FAREWELLS

En autofiktiv berättelse om radikal politik och sexuell uppvaknande i 1970-talets Helsingfors.

• En autofictional berättelse om konst och aktivism.

• Utforskar queer kärlek i 1970-talets Helsinki.

• Utgiven som häftat band, på svenska.

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Utgivningsdatum: 2026-08-27

Bindning: Häftat band

Bokförlag: Random House UK
ISBN: 9780241730119

Omfång: 320 s.
Språk: Engelska
Utgivningsdatum: 2026-08-27

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'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' Financial Times

'This is where she would like to belong, here in the kingdom of women, where words are sharp but gazes are soft.'

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.

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.
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, The Red Book of Farewells embraces the revolutionary potential of moving on.

Translated from Finnish by Mia Spangenberg

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