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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Two Lines Press
ISBN-10
1949641465
ISBN-13
9781949641462
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23057272856
Product Key Features
Book Title
Red Book of Farewells
Number of Pages
312 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Miscellaneous, Lgbt / Lesbian, Literary
Publication Year
2023
Genre
Foreign Language Study, Fiction
Format
Hardcover
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1 in
Item Weight
16.6 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5 in
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2022-038379
Reviews
Winner of the Finlandia Prize Winner of the Aleksis Kivi Prize "In Pirkko's Helsinki, the personal and political are not collapsed but interlinked, and revolution is closely tied with sensuality. Idealistic young people rush, disguised in drab overcoats, to secret locations where coded knocks allow them inside to discuss the hot political topics of the day. And then, in those back rooms, private identities bloom... Long an object of study in Finland, Saisio's work is beginning to gain more global recognition now, cementing her place in the canon of autofiction that also includes the Nordic writers Karl Ove Knausgaard and Tove Ditlevsen." --Niina Pollari, Los Angeles Review of Books "A remarkable patchwork of narratives and literary devices in which every element is not only expertly expressed, but is a key player, baking up something of its own class entirely...The stories comprising The Red Book of Farewells are many things. They are poetries. They are critical and personally intimate experiences of Finnish LGBTQ history. They are love stories. They are stories of stepping in and out of one's skin. They are stories of motherhood, daughterhood, personhood, and stories of the gains and unforgettable losses of one's heart. They are multidimensional and oh-so-worthy of your full attention." --Elizabeth Hoover, Delphic Reviews "The Red Book of Farewells is an at times overwhelming work, its structure shifting focus and moving across different windows of time. It's also about the complex relationship between art and politics, and the challenges and hypocrisies of a society that advocates revolutionary politics while enforcing regressive social norms." --Tobias Carroll, Words Without Borders "Saisio revisits the dawning of her sexuality and her development as an actor and political activist life in this illuminating work of autofiction....There's plenty of charm in Saisio's free-flowing approach, as well as insights on her development as an artist." --Publishers Weekly "Dreamlike...A moving, uneasy, and artistic novel about growing up queer in a time of conflict." --Foreword Reviews "A beautifully rendered portrait of a strikingly queer life--Saisio troubles any distinction we might try to draw between the personal and the political, the remembered and the invented." --Morgan Thomas, author of Manywhere "This Red Book of Farewells is also a book of welcoming: to life, to love, to death, to art, to revolution, to our ever-changing identities. It is hilarious and heartbreaking and like nothing I've ever read before." --Jazmina Barrera, author of Linea Nigra "Pirkko Saisio might be the best Finnish author alive. She is wise, profound, funny, erudite, an old and precise person, and of course a divine storyteller and a master of dialogue. On top of all that, she uses the Finnish language masterfully." -- Aamulehti (Finland) "Saisio has had a major effect on the cultural atmosphere we live in." --Aleksis Kivi Prize jury, Winner of the Finlandia Prize Winner of the Aleksis Kivi Prize "Pirkko Saisio might be the best Finnish author alive. She is wise, profound, funny, erudite, an old and precise person, and of course a divine storyteller and a master of dialogue. On top of all that, she uses the Finnish language masterfully." --Aamulehti (Finland) "Pirkko Saisio has for a long time been a genre of her own, an author with a recognizable style, but in her late works she has crossed borders and combined genres with ever more courage." --Helsingin Sanomat "The Red Book of Farewells is fundamentally about discovering artistic ambition and the origin of inspiration and, undoubtedly, about love, or loves. The red hue in the work is, after all, both the color of love and politics. Saisio's style and self-irony are unfailing and keep me coming back to the book over and over again." --Kirjavinkit (Finland) "Sleek, virtuosic." --Maija Alftan, Helsingin (Finland) "Saisio has had a major effect on the cultural atmosphere we live in." --Aleksis Kivi Prize jury "Self-awareness--and introspection, too, for that matter, are the means by which Saisio writes literature. The stronger the writer's self comes across in the lines, the more rocky and wide open the text becomes. The illusion of control crumbles and Saisio's impressive grasp of drama builds the dialogue, whose few words, yet precise rhythms, give rise to pocket-sized tragedies and comedies." --Taina Ratia, Turun (Finland) "A beautiful song about survival. Despite the sufferings, Finnish Pirkko Saisio dissects the hidden codes of relationships. Like no other, she manages to capture the waiting at the bar, when the person one is waiting for never shows up." --Heidi von Born, Svenska Dagbladet, Winner of the Finlandia Prize Winner of the Aleksis Kivi Prize "A remarkable patchwork of narratives and literary devices in which every element is not only expertly expressed, but is a key player, baking up something of its own class entirely...The stories comprising The Red Book of Farewells are many things. They are poetries. They are critical and personally intimate experiences of Finnish LGBTQ history. They are love stories. They are stories of stepping in and out of one's skin. They are stories of motherhood, daughterhood, personhood, and stories of the gains and unforgettable losses of one's heart. They are multidimensional and oh-so-worthy of your full attention." --Elizabeth Hoover, Delphic Reviews "The Red Book of Farewells is an at times overwhelming work, its structure shifting focus and moving across different windows of time. It's also about the complex relationship between art and politics, and the challenges and hypocrisies of a society that advocates revolutionary politics while enforcing regressive social norms." --Tobias Carroll, Words Without Borders "Saisio revisits the dawning of her sexuality and her development as an actor and political activist life in this illuminating work of autofiction....There's plenty of charm in Saisio's free-flowing approach, as well as insights on her development as an artist." --Publishers Weekly "Dreamlike...A moving, uneasy, and artistic novel about growing up queer in a time of conflict." --Foreword Reviews "A beautifully rendered portrait of a strikingly queer life--Saisio troubles any distinction we might try to draw between the personal and the political, the remembered and the invented." --Morgan Thomas, author of Manywhere "This Red Book of Farewells is also a book of welcoming: to life, to love, to death, to art, to revolution, to our ever-changing identities. It is hilarious and heartbreaking and like nothing I've ever read before." --Jazmina Barrera, author of Linea Nigra "Pirkko Saisio might be the best Finnish author alive. She is wise, profound, funny, erudite, an old and precise person, and of course a divine storyteller and a master of dialogue. On top of all that, she uses the Finnish language masterfully." --Aamulehti (Finland) "Saisio has had a major effect on the cultural atmosphere we live in." --Aleksis Kivi Prize jury, Winner of the Finlandia Prize Winner of the Aleksis Kivi Prize "Saisio revisits the dawning of her sexuality and her development as an actor and political activist life in this illuminating work of autofiction....There's plenty of charm in Saisio's free-flowing approach, as well as insights on her development as an artist." --Publishers Weekly "A beautifully rendered portrait of a strikingly queer life--Saisio troubles any distinction we might try to draw between the personal and the political, the remembered and the invented." --Morgan Thomas, author of Manywhere "This Red Book of Farewells is also a book of welcoming: to life, to love, to death, to art, to revolution, to our ever-changing identities. It is hilarious and heartbreaking and like nothing I've ever read before." --Jazmina Barrera, author of Linea Nigra "Pirkko Saisio might be the best Finnish author alive. She is wise, profound, funny, erudite, an old and precise person, and of course a divine storyteller and a master of dialogue. On top of all that, she uses the Finnish language masterfully." --Aamulehti (Finland) "Pirkko Saisio has for a long time been a genre of her own, an author with a recognizable style, but in her late works she has crossed borders and combined genres with ever more courage." --Helsingin Sanomat "The Red Book of Farewells is fundamentally about discovering artistic ambition and the origin of inspiration and, undoubtedly, about love, or loves. The red hue in the work is, after all, both the color of love and politics. Saisio's style and self-irony are unfailing and keep me coming back to the book over and over again." --Kirjavinkit (Finland) "Sleek, virtuosic." --Maija Alftan, Helsingin (Finland) "Saisio has had a major effect on the cultural atmosphere we live in." --Aleksis Kivi Prize jury "Self-awareness--and introspection, too, for that matter, are the means by which Saisio writes literature. The stronger the writer's self comes across in the lines, the more rocky and wide open the text becomes. The illusion of control crumbles and Saisio's impressive grasp of drama builds the dialogue, whose few words, yet precise rhythms, give rise to pocket-sized tragedies and comedies." --Taina Ratia, Turun (Finland) "A beautiful song about survival. Despite the sufferings, Finnish Pirkko Saisio dissects the hidden codes of relationships. Like no other, she manages to capture the waiting at the bar, when the person one is waiting for never shows up." --Heidi von Born, Svenska Dagbladet, Winner of the Finlandia Prize Winner of the Aleksis Kivi Prize "Saisio revisits the dawning of her sexuality and her development as an actor and political activist life in this illuminating work of autofiction....There's plenty of charm in Saisio's free-flowing approach, as well as insights on her development as an artist." --Publishers Weekly "Dreamlike...A moving, uneasy, and artistic novel about growing up queer in a time of conflict." --Foreword Reviews "A beautifully rendered portrait of a strikingly queer life--Saisio troubles any distinction we might try to draw between the personal and the political, the remembered and the invented." --Morgan Thomas, author of Manywhere "This Red Book of Farewells is also a book of welcoming: to life, to love, to death, to art, to revolution, to our ever-changing identities. It is hilarious and heartbreaking and like nothing I've ever read before." --Jazmina Barrera, author of Linea Nigra "Pirkko Saisio might be the best Finnish author alive. She is wise, profound, funny, erudite, an old and precise person, and of course a divine storyteller and a master of dialogue. On top of all that, she uses the Finnish language masterfully." --Aamulehti (Finland) "Saisio has had a major effect on the cultural atmosphere we live in." --Aleksis Kivi Prize jury, Winner of the Finlandia Prize Winner of the Aleksis Kivi Prize "A beautifully rendered portrait of a strikingly queer life--Saisio troubles any distinction we might try to draw between the personal and the political, the remembered and the invented." --Morgan Thomas, author of Manywhere "Pirkko Saisio might be the best Finnish author alive. She is wise, profound, funny, erudite, an old and precise person, and of course a divine storyteller and a master of dialogue. On top of all that, she uses the Finnish language masterfully." --Aamulehti (Finland) "Pirkko Saisio has for a long time been a genre of her own, an author with a recognizable style, but in her late works she has crossed borders and combined genres with ever more courage." --Helsingin Sanomat "The Red Book of Farewells is fundamentally about discovering artistic ambition and the origin of inspiration and, undoubtedly, about love, or loves. The red hue in the work is, after all, both the color of love and politics. Saisio's style and self-irony are unfailing and keep me coming back to the book over and over again." --Kirjavinkit (Finland) "Sleek, virtuosic." --Maija Alftan, Helsingin (Finland) "Saisio has had a major effect on the cultural atmosphere we live in." --Aleksis Kivi Prize jury "Self-awareness--and introspection, too, for that matter, are the means by which Saisio writes literature. The stronger the writer's self comes across in the lines, the more rocky and wide open the text becomes. The illusion of control crumbles and Saisio's impressive grasp of drama builds the dialogue, whose few words, yet precise rhythms, give rise to pocket-sized tragedies and comedies." --Taina Ratia, Turun (Finland) "A beautiful song about survival. Despite the sufferings, Finnish Pirkko Saisio dissects the hidden codes of relationships. Like no other, she manages to capture the waiting at the bar, when the person one is waiting for never shows up." --Heidi von Born, Svenska Dagbladet, Winner of the Finlandia Prize Winner of the Aleksis Kivi Prize "A beautifully rendered portrait of a strikingly queer life--Saisio troubles any distinction we might try to draw between the personal and the political, the remembered and the invented." --Morgan Thomas, author of Manywhere "This Red Book of Farewells is also a book of welcoming: to life, to love, to death, to art, to revolution, to our ever-changing identities. It is hilarious and heartbreaking and like nothing I've ever read before." --Jazmina Barrera, author of Linea Nigra "Pirkko Saisio might be the best Finnish author alive. She is wise, profound, funny, erudite, an old and precise person, and of course a divine storyteller and a master of dialogue. On top of all that, she uses the Finnish language masterfully." --Aamulehti (Finland) "Pirkko Saisio has for a long time been a genre of her own, an author with a recognizable style, but in her late works she has crossed borders and combined genres with ever more courage." --Helsingin Sanomat "The Red Book of Farewells is fundamentally about discovering artistic ambition and the origin of inspiration and, undoubtedly, about love, or loves. The red hue in the work is, after all, both the color of love and politics. Saisio's style and self-irony are unfailing and keep me coming back to the book over and over again." --Kirjavinkit (Finland) "Sleek, virtuosic." --Maija Alftan, Helsingin (Finland) "Saisio has had a major effect on the cultural atmosphere we live in." --Aleksis Kivi Prize jury "Self-awareness--and introspection, too, for that matter, are the means by which Saisio writes literature. The stronger the writer's self comes across in the lines, the more rocky and wide open the text becomes. The illusion of control crumbles and Saisio's impressive grasp of drama builds the dialogue, whose few words, yet precise rhythms, give rise to pocket-sized tragedies and comedies." --Taina Ratia, Turun (Finland) "A beautiful song about survival. Despite the sufferings, Finnish Pirkko Saisio dissects the hidden codes of relationships. Like no other, she manages to capture the waiting at the bar, when the person one is waiting for never shows up." --Heidi von Born, Svenska Dagbladet, Winner of the Finlandia Prize Winner of the Aleksis Kivi Prize "In Pirkko's Helsinki, the personal and political are not collapsed but interlinked, and revolution is closely tied with sensuality. Idealistic young people rush, disguised in drab overcoats, to secret locations where coded knocks allow them inside to discuss the hot political topics of the day. And then, in those back rooms, private identities bloom... Long an object of study in Finland, Saisio's work is beginning to gain more global recognition now, cementing her place in the canon of autofiction that also includes the Nordic writers Karl Ove Knausgaard and Tove Ditlevsen." --Niina Pollari, Los Angeles Review of Books "A remarkable patchwork of narratives and literary devices in which every element is not only expertly expressed, but is a key player, baking up something of its own class entirely...The stories comprising The Red Book of Farewells are many things. They are poetries. They are critical and personally intimate experiences of Finnish LGBTQ history. They are love stories. They are stories of stepping in and out of one's skin. They are stories of motherhood, daughterhood, personhood, and stories of the gains and unforgettable losses of one's heart. They are multidimensional and oh-so-worthy of your full attention." --Elizabeth Hoover, Delphic Reviews "The Red Book of Farewells is an at times overwhelming work, its structure shifting focus and moving across different windows of time. It's also about the complex relationship between art and politics, and the challenges and hypocrisies of a society that advocates revolutionary politics while enforcing regressive social norms." --Tobias Carroll, Words Without Borders "Saisio revisits the dawning of her sexuality and her development as an actor and political activist life in this illuminating work of autofiction....There's plenty of charm in Saisio's free-flowing approach, as well as insights on her development as an artist." --Publishers Weekly "Dreamlike...A moving, uneasy, and artistic novel about growing up queer in a time of conflict." --Foreword Reviews "A beautifully rendered portrait of a strikingly queer life--Saisio troubles any distinction we might try to draw between the personal and the political, the remembered and the invented." --Morgan Thomas, author of Manywhere "This Red Book of Farewells is also a book of welcoming: to life, to love, to death, to art, to revolution, to our ever-changing identities. It is hilarious and heartbreaking and like nothing I've ever read before." --Jazmina Barrera, author of Linea Nigra "Pirkko Saisio might be the best Finnish author alive. She is wise, profound, funny, erudite, an old and precise person, and of course a divine storyteller and a master of dialogue. On top of all that, she uses the Finnish language masterfully." --Aamulehti (Finland) "Saisio has had a major effect on the cultural atmosphere we live in." --Aleksis Kivi Prize jury
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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., 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.
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