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Livre 3 sur 3: The Helsinki Trilogy

Saisio, Pirkko

 
9780241730119: The Red Book of Farewells
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ISBN 10 : 0241730112 ISBN 13 : 9780241730119
Editeur : Penguin Classics, 2026

Synopsis

'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

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À propos de l'auteur

Pirkko Saisio (Author)
Pirkko Saisio (born 1949) is one of Finland’s most celebrated writers as well as an actor and theatre director. The author of numerous novels, plays and scripts for film and television, Saisio has been nominated for the Finlandia Prize seven times, winning it in 2003. She has, among other awards, received the Aleksis Kivi Prize and the State Literature Award. Lowest Common Denominator is the first volume in her Helsinki trilogy, followed by Backlight and The Red Book of Farewells.

Mia Spangenberg (Translator)
Mia Spangenberg translates from Finnish, Swedish and German. She is the winner of the Nadia Christensen Prize for her translation of Lowest Common Denominator.

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Éditeur
Penguin Classics
Date d'édition
2026
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0241730112
ISBN 13 
9780241730119
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
320
Coordonnées du fabricant
The Random House Group Limited
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