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Tove Jansson
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The Summer Book |
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English |
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Paperback |
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176 |
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2003-05-29 |
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0954221710 |
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0.35 pounds |
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0.59 x 5.2 x 7.8 inches |
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New Ed |
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An elderly artist and her six-year-old grand-daughter while away a summer together on a tiny island in the gulf of Finland. As the two learn to adjust to each other's fears, whims and yearnings, a fierce yet understated love emerges - one that encompasses not only the summer inhabitants but the very island itself. Written in a clear, unsentimental style, full of brusque humour, and wisdom, The Summer Book is a profoundly life-affirming story.Tove Janssoncaptured much of her own life and spirit in the book, which was her favourite of her adult novels. This new edition, with a Foreword by Esther Freud, sees the return of a European literary gem - fresh, authentic and deeply humane.
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mrsmac (United Kingdom) (2011/06/28):
Fiction? non-fiction? Well, Tove Jansson wrote it as a fiction, although the little girl who occurs in every chapter certainly exists (although now as an adult) and her name was Sophia. The preface, by Esther Freud, will fill in the gaps. It does have a dreamlike quality about it all, and the one thing I took from it is that I know now what it must be like to spend my Summers on a small Finnish Island. There are thousands of these little peices of rock, some only a 30 minute row from the mainland or from another, slightly larger island. I think I could do a Finnish Summer, having read this.
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