In her first ever story collection,Jansson revealed the clarity of vision and light philosophical touch that were to become her hallmark. From the good listener who begins to betray the secrets confided to her,to vignettes of a city storm or the slow halting of spring,these stories are gifts of originality and depth.
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Publisher: Sort of BooksISBN: 9781908745361Number of pages: 192Weight: 185 gDimensions: 198 x 130 x 18 mmEdition: Main
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Her prose is wondrous: it is clean,deliberate; an aesthetic so certain of itself,it's breathtakingA unique and authentic voice that speaks to the reader across time and culture,heart to heart(The Listener) is a masterpiece of subtlety and simplicitiy. The rest of the stories in this collection are every bit as crisp,ironic,elegant and ruthless
Tove Jansson
Known primarily as the creator of the Moomins,Finnish authorTove Jansson was a novelist,painter and illustrator,part of a minority Swedish-speaking community in Finland. As well as creating the Moomin books for children,which began with The Moomins and the Great Flood,she also wrote six novels including The Summer Book,The True Deceiver and the semi-autobiographical Sculptor's Daughter and five collections of short stories for adults,some of her most popular stories in translation are collected in A Winter Book.
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