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Tove Jansson’s memoirs of her early years, filled with joy, exuberance, and the satisfaction of being—with an abundance of photographic illustrations.
The excitement of being alive and savoring the good things that are life pervades all the writing of Tove Jansson. The beloved nine volumes of her Moomintroll chronicles for younger readers, her two adult novels, The Summer Book and Sun City; and her internationally known paintings and drawings reveal this delight in existence. In her memoirs of her very early years she shares the pleasures of growing up with a happy, freedom-loving family and with nature in Finland. It is a childhood memory that speaks to people everywhere.
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Tove Jansson's memoirs of her early years, filled with joy, exuberance, and the satisfaction of being alive
The excitement of being alive and savoring the good things in life pervades the writing of Tove Jansson. The beloved nine volumes of her Moomintroll chronicles for younger readers, her two adult novels, The Summer Book and Sun City, and her internationally known paintings and drawings reveal this delight. In these memoirs of her very early years, richly illustrated with personal photographs, Jansson shares the pleasures of experiencing nature in Finland and growing up with a happy, freedom-loving family. It is an account of childhood that speaks to readers everywhere.
Tove Jansson (1914-2001) was born in Helsinki, and was an illustrator and political cartoonist for the left-leaning, anti-Fascist magazine Garm. She created a long-running comic strip and a series of children's books featuring the much-loved hippopotamus-like character, Moomintroll. She is also the author of eleven novels and short-story collections for adults, including The Summer Book and The True Deceiver. In 1994, she was awarded the Prize of the Swedish Academy.
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- PublisherBenn
- Publication date1969
- ISBN 10 0510044115
- ISBN 13 9780510044114
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages175
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Per Olov Jansson (illustrator). First English Edition. Bound in red mottled cloth, with black contrasting backstrip and gilt lettering to spine. A hardcover First English Edition, translated by Kingsley Hart. Condition is VG in VG wrapper; price unclipped.( Original Finnish First, was published under the title,"Bildhuggarens Dotter" in 1968). 175pp with perfect endpapers. Very tiny tear, of about one half inch, in bottom of rear panel of wrapper, nothing missing. A very clean copy. See Photo. Seller Inventory # 001547
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