{"product_id":"9781949641462","title":"The Red Book Of Farewells - 9781949641462","description":"One morning in 2002, on an island off the coast of Finland, the narrator Pirkko Saisio tells her editor she's deleted her latest manuscript, a book called The Red Book of Farewells. Whatever that book was is gone, but in its place is this story of a life: her life. And the lives of those around her--family members, student radicals, actors, and lesbian lovers in underground bars. It's a story of leftist in-fighting, broken relationships, and finding new paths. Pirkko Saisio's brilliant autobiographical novel, in Mia Spangenberg's tender translation, is a contemporary classic of lesbian desire and politics. Composed as a series of farewells--to her mother, girlfriends she thought she'd spend her life with, and finally her daughter--the novel guides readers through Finland in the late-twentieth century. It's a world where art and communist politics are hopelessly intertwined; queer love is an illegal force of creation and revolt; and a heart-to-heart conversation with the activist playwright Bertolt Brecht is a mere dream away. Playful and mysterious, The Red Book of Farewells is a work that stoically embraces the small revolutions of moving on.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003ePirkko Saisio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eTwo Lines Press\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/b\u003eApr 25, 2023\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e312 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003eISBN-10: \u003c\/b\u003e1949641465\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/b\u003e9781949641462\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Two Lines Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988055179569,"sku":"9781949641462","price":21.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/8215\/8385\/products\/9781949641462.jpg?v=1703857657","url":"https:\/\/www.recomparo.com\/products\/9781949641462","provider":"ReComparo.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}