A Winter Book: Selected Stories

by Tove Jansson | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0954899520 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Tarna of Tampere, Pirkanmaa / Birkaland Finland on 2/28/2017
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Journal Entry 1 by Tarna from Tampere, Pirkanmaa / Birkaland Finland on Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Translated from Swedish by Silvester Mazzarella, David Mc Dyff and Kigsley Hart. Introduced by Ali Smith. Afterwords by Philip Pullman, Esther Freud and Frank Cottrell Boyce. London: Sort of Books 2006. Paperback, 208 pages.
Front Cover hotograph © Getty Images. Back Cover photograph © Per Olov Jansson.

Includes stories from
The Sculptor's Daughter, orig. Bildhuggarens dotter (1968). First published in English by Ernest Benn in 1969. Translated by Kingsley Hart, 1969.
Meddelande. Noveller i urval 1971 – 1997 (1998). Translated by Silvester Mazzarella, 2001, 2005.
Lyssnerskan (1971). Translated by Silvester Mazzarella, 2005.
Brev från Klara och andra berättelser (1990). Translated by Silvester Mazzarella, 2006.
Räsa med lätt bagage (1987). Translated by Silvester Mazzarella, 2005.
Anteckningar från en ö (1996). Translated by David McDuff, 1996.

Back cover:
Written with such a lightness of touch that it seems miraculous, these stories are a further revelation of Tove Jansson’s heart warming genius.
Ali Smith

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.
Stories for adults by the creator of the Moomin Books

Back flap:
The writer and artist TOVE JANSSON (1914—2001) is best known as the creator of the Moomin 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. A Winter Book: Selected Stories draws from five collections to present the best of Tove Jansson’s short fiction, including her own favourite stories.


Jansson, Tove (1914 – 2001) at The National Biography of Finland
Tove Jansson at Sort of Books
Tove, tovejansson.com
Tove Jansson at Wikipedia

A Winter Book at Sort of Books
A Winter Book by Tove Jasson at Moomin.com
A Winter Book at Wikipedia




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Journal Entry 2 by Tarna at Tampere, Pirkanmaa / Birkaland Finland on Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Released 6 yrs ago (4/4/2017 UTC) at Tampere, Pirkanmaa / Birkaland Finland

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Journal Entry 3 by wingcrimson-tidewing at Balingup, Western Australia Australia on Monday, May 8, 2017
This lovely book has now arrived very safely after a long trip.
Thank you so much Tarna, I am certainly looking forward to reading it.

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