EAN: 9780241730072

Bilder-Quelle: averdo

'A Finnish masterpiece of autofiction... Saisio's Helsinki trilogy is a dreamy complex and therefore so very human portrait of the formation of a great artist ' Financial Times A riveting funny coming-of-age story: the second volume in Pirkko Saisio's award-winning Helsinki trilogy Teenaged Pirkko can't decide which she hates most: God her communist father or her growing breasts. Grandpa has moved into the room long promised to her and Mother overworked and distant tries to keep the peace between her headstrong daughter and husband. It's 1960s Finland and Pirkko has fun getting into trouble. That is until her teacher suggests she might have what it takes to be a real writer. Then the historic summer of 1968 arrives which Pirkko spends working at a Swiss orphanage where no one understands her and as much as her family drive her mad she's homesick for the first time. As the world shifts and swirls around her Pirkko must make sense of it all - including her own sexual identity. A funny unique coming-of-age story and an intimate portrait of a life lived in language Backlight is the second volume in Pirkko Saisio's award-winning Helsinki trilogy.

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