{"product_id":"lowest-common-denominator","title":"Lowest Common Denominator","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eLowest Common Denominator\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003ePirkko Saisio\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781949641714\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eTwo Lines Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2024\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e312\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor readers of Tove Jansson and \u003c\/b\u003eEileen Myles\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLowest Common Denominator\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e is an ecstatic coming-of-age novel by the Finlandia-prize-winning author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Red Book of Farewells\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWriting in the wake of her father's death, the narrator of Pirkko Saisio's autofictional novel (translated from Finnish by Mia Spangenberg) transports us to the 1950s Finland of her youth, where she navigates life as an only child of communist parents. Convinced she will grow up to become a man, a young Saisio keeps trying and failing to meet the expectations of the adults around her. Writing with her trademark wit and style, each formative experience--with the Big Bad Wolf, a bikini-clad circus announcer, and Jesus Christ \"who has a beard like a man but a skirt and long hair like a woman\"--drives her further and further from her family and others. Struggling to understand her place in the world around her, it's in language that she discovers a refuge and a way to be seen at last.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Two Lines Press","offers":[{"title":"Lowest Common Denominator | Pirkko Saisio | Hardcover | 9781949641714 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks R 1758928","offer_id":49192319844504,"sku":"1758928","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81hUHs8twuL.jpg?v=1780517112","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/lowest-common-denominator","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}