Her family part of the Swedish speaking minority in Helsinki. Parts one and two of A Winter Book Snow and Flotsam and Jetsam come originally from The Sculptor’s Daughter, stories inspired by Tove Jansson’s childhood in Helsinki. Touch here, a quiet wisdom and gentle humour – a real joy of a read. Heart-warming and vividly described – Tove Jansson brings the landscapeĪnd people of her childhood and old age to life, though largelyĪutobiographical these pieces are stories not memoir. Type one can read in great greedy gulps – there is a delicious calmness to Jansson’s
I love short stories, and these are definitely the All the people on earth would have to creep.” Soon it would be difficult to walk straight. The trees and houses were no longer upright. Slowly, slowly, the world was turning, heavy with snow. “The very thought of it made me feel giddy. Her affection for Jansson’s storytelling is obvious. Yet, I was assured that I would love Tove Jansson, and I did, though of the two Jansson books I have read to date, A Winter Book is definitely my favourite.Īli Smith writes a wonderful introduction to thisĮdition. Somehow, I didn’t hear of the Moomins until I was an adult, they completely passed my childhood by.
Tove Jansson is beloved of many because of both her tales for children and her stories for adults. The Summer Book by Tove Jansson came into my life because of my very small book group, it was one I already had had tbr for a long time. Translated from Swedish by Silvester Mazzarella, David McDuff and Kingsley Hart
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