# The Red Book of Farewells - Hardcover

by **Pirkko Saisio** (Author), **Mia Spangenberg** (Translator)

**For fans of Claire-Louise Bennett and Eileen Myles, an enigmatic work of autofiction set in a time of leftist politics and criminalized sexuality.**

Pirkko Saisio's autofictional novel, in Mia Spangenberg's tender translation, is a mesmerizing account of radical politics and sexual awakening in a series of farewells--to her mother, to the idealism of youth, to friends and lovers, and finally to her grown daughter. The novel embeds readers in a delirious Finland, where art and communist politics are hopelessly intertwined, and where queer love, still a crime, thrives in underground bars. But then one morning in 2002, on a remote island off the coast of Finland, the narrator Pirkko Saisio informs her publisher that she's accidentally deleted her latest manuscript, _The Red Book of Farewells_. Playful and mysterious, _The Red Book of Farewells_ is a work that stoically embraces the small revolutions of moving on.

**Number of Pages:** 312

**Dimensions:** 1 x 8.1 x 5 IN

**Publication Date:** April 25, 2023

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- **Price:** 24.95 USD
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