Following the widely acclaimed and bestselling "The Summer Book", here is a "Winter Book" collection of some of Tove Jansson's best loved and most famous stories. Drawn from youth and older age, and spanning most of the twentieth century, this newly translated selection provides a thrilling showcase of the great Finnish writer's prose, scattered with insights and home truths. It has been selected and is introduced by Ali Smith. The "Winter Book" features 13 stories from Tove Jansson's first book for adults, "The Sculptor's Daughter" (1968) plus 7 of her most cherished later stories (from 1971 to 1996), translated into English and published here for the first time.
A Winter Book: Selected Stories by Tove Jansson
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The writer and artist TOVE JANSSON (1914-2001) is best known as the creator of theMoomin stories, which have been published in thirty-five languages.The Summer Book, also published by Sort of Books, was one of ten titles that she wrote for adults.
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By dorothie22
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I didn't really expect this book to have any Moomin-y qualities, but I was thinking that some of the melancholy mood of, say, 'Moominvalley in November,' might have come through here. Instead, the tales are quirky and various, open-ended and enigmatic. So I'm still working my mind around this one, suspending judgment until a second or third reading ...
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Inside Finland
Nov 5 2012
By Julie A. Smith
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Because I adored reading Tove's The Summer Book, I HAD to locate another book of hers with stories about living in Finland. My favorite stories are the ones about a young girl and seeing life through her eyes. Many of the vignettes HAVE to be autobiographical. I am surprised that a Scandinavian film director hasn't latched onto The Winter Book and The Summer Book.
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a Finnish childhood
Jun 29 2012
By sally tarbox
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A lovely selection of Jansson's short stories; a lot are recollections of her childhood with her artist parents- winters in Helsinki and summers on the offshore islands that feature in her better known 'Summer Book'. I loved 'Snow'- her childish impressions of the thick all-encompassing snowdrifts; and 'the Iceberg' where she throws her torch into the hollow of the berg.
Later adult stories include 'the Squirrel' where a strange and isolated woman living on an island strikes up a love-hate relationship with a squirrel and finally 'Taking Leave' where she and her partner finally have to leave the island as they get older.
A number of b/w photos throughout give added interest.
Later adult stories include 'the Squirrel' where a strange and isolated woman living on an island strikes up a love-hate relationship with a squirrel and finally 'Taking Leave' where she and her partner finally have to leave the island as they get older.
A number of b/w photos throughout give added interest.
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