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. She died in 2001, aged eighty-seven.įollowing the widely acclaimed and bestselling The Summer Book, here is A Winter Book collection of Tove Jansson's best loved and most famous stories. Tove Jansson received many prestigious awards during her lifetime, including the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal. here is a Winter Book collection of some of Tove Janssons best loved and most famous stories.,Drawn from. Tove became world-famous for her Moomin books, however she also wrote many beautiful books for adults too, which we ,love having in our store.ĭuring the winter months Tove lived and worked in Helsinki, but in the summertime she stayed on a beautiful remote island in the Gulf of Finland with her long-term partner, the artist Tuulikki Pietilä. The Winter Book features 13 stories from Tove Janssons first book for adults, The Sculptors Daughter (1968) plus 7 of her most cherished later stories (from 1971 to 1996), translated into English and published here for the first time. She drew her first Moomin in the 1930s, just for fun, and in 1945 he became a character in a children'story. She began her career as a cartoonist and went on to write and illustrate many books for adults and children. Tove Jansson was born in Finland in 1914. The Winter Book features 13 stories from Tove Janssons first book for adults, The Sculptors Daughter (1968) plus seven of her most cherished later stories (.
It was like walking on a cloud the whole time.
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