{"product_id":"the-red-book-of-farewells-9781949641462","title":"The Red Book of Farewells","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor fans of Tove Ditlevsen and Karl Ove Knausgaard, an enigmatic work of autofiction set in a time of leftist politics and criminalized sexuality.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePirkko 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, \u003cem\u003eThe Red Book of Farewells\u003c\/em\u003e. Playful and mysterious, \u003ci\u003eThe Red Book of Farewells \u003c\/i\u003eis a work that stoically embraces the small revolutions of moving on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Two Lines Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/25\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781949641462\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/06\/2023\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pirkko Saisio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42753449263285,"sku":"9781949641462","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_fb4f3e74-37b9-4b76-9a88-8bfd1c345139.jpg?v=1677595323","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-red-book-of-farewells-9781949641462","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}