# The Red Book of Farewells

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- Autorzy: [Pirkko Saisio](https://www.kolczanksiazek.pl/pirkko-saisio)
- Wydawnictwo: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-02-4173-011-9
- Liczba stron: 320
- Data wydania: 2026-08-27
- Język: en_GB
- Oprawa: Softcover

## Opis

‘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.