{"product_id":"9780241730119","title":"The Red Book of Farewells - Mia Spangenberg","description":"A Finnish masterpiece of autofiction... 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","brand":"Mia Spangenberg","offers":[{"title":"320 pages \/ 27\/08\/2026 \/ Modern \u0026 contemporary fiction (post c 1945)","offer_id":57415343145335,"sku":"9780241730119","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/9454\/1624\/files\/9780241730119.jpg?v=1787879203","url":"https:\/\/gulpfictionbooks.com\/products\/9780241730119","provider":"Gulp Fiction","version":"1.0","type":"link"}