{"product_id":"9780241730119","title":"The Red Book of Farewells","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e‘This is where she would like to belong, here in the kingdom of women, where words are sharp but gazes are soft.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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 modern, and Bertold Brecht lives on her windowsill to profess God-like words of wisdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlayful, moving and original, this autofictional coming-of-age story embeds the reader in a world where art and activism are irrevocably intertwined, and where queer love, still a crime, thrives in underground bars.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn her mesmerizing account of radical politics and sexual awakening, Pirkko Saisio offers a series of farewells, to her mother, to the idealism of youth, to friends and lovers, and finally to her grown daughter. The grand finale of the award-winning Helsinki trilogy,\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Red Book of Farewells\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e embraces the revolutionary potential of moving on.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated from Finnish by Mia Spangenberg\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Times","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51258177880310,"sku":"9780241730119","price":103.5,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0767\/8050\/3286\/files\/818wC1mIAcL._SL1500.jpg?v=1783943497","url":"https:\/\/shop.litbooks.com.my\/products\/9780241730119","provider":"Lit Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}