Backlight by Pirkko Saisio #foliosociety bankers and regents

bankers and regents

they could stay after all

It's as if your own shadow has leapt from the ground and buried itself within you

The result is a lively exploration of human knowledge across the ages

Backlight by Pirkko Saisio #foliosociety bankers and regentsA 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 trilogyTeenaged Pirkko cant 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,