The Red Book of Farewells
$24.64
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
24 November 2026
Summary
A riveting, witty novel about revolutionary love and motherhood: the final volume in Pirkko Saisio’s award-winning Helsinki trilogy
“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 m…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241730119 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241730112 |
| Author: | Pirkko Saisio, Mia Spangenberg |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 24 November 2026 |
| Weight: | 344g |
| Dimensions: | 215mm x 134mm x 25mm |
| Series: | Penguin International Writers |
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About The Author
Pirkko Saisio
Pirkko Saisio (Author)
Pirkko Saisio (born 1949) is one of Finland’s most celebrated writers, as well as an actor and theatre director. The author of numerous novels, plays, and scripts for film and television, Saisio has been nominated for the Finlandia Prize seven times, winning it in 2003. She has, among other awards, received the Aleksis Kivi Prize and the State Literature Award. Lowest Common Denominator is the first volume in her Helsinki trilogy, followed by Backlight and The Red Book of Farewells.
Mia Spangenberg (Translator)
Mia Spangenberg translates from Finnish, Swedish, and German. She is the winner of the Nadia Christensen Prize for her translation of Lowest Common Denominator.
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