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38 reviewsWinner of the Finlandia Prize
Winner of the Aleksis Kivi Prize
For fans of Tove Ditlevsen & Karl Ove Knausgaard, an enigmatic work of autofiction set in a time of leftist politics & criminalized sexuality.
Pirkko Saisio's autofictional novel, in Mia Spangenberg's tender translation from Finnish, is a mesmerizing account of radical politics & sexual awakening in a series of farewells—to her mother, to the idealism of youth, to friends & lovers, & finally to her grown daughter.
The novel embeds readers in a delirious Finland, where art & communist politics are hopelessly intertwined, & where queer love, still a crime, thrives in underground bars. Playful & mysterious, The Red Book of Farewells stoically embraces the revolutionary potential of moving on.
Pirkko Saisio (b. 1949) studied drama & completed her actor's training in 1975. Her debut novel The Course of Life ( Elamanmeno , 1975) won the J. H. Erkko Award. Saisio has been nominated for the Finlandia Prize seven times, winning it in with The Red Book of Farewells ( Punainen erokirja , 2003). She has, among other awards, received Aleksis Kivi Prize & State Literature Award. Apart from novels, she has written numerous plays & scripts for film & television & is a well-known theatre director.
Mia Spangenberg translates from Finnish, Swedish, & German into English. Her work has been published in Finland & the UK, & appeared in journals such as LitHub & Asymptote. She holds a Ph.D. in Scandinavian studies from the University of Washington, Seattle, where she resides with her family.
