The Summer Book

A Novel

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Beschreibung

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING GLENN CLOSE<br><br>Tove Jansson's classic, bestselling novel<br><br>'Distils the essence of summer' Robert Macfarlane<br>'Magical, life-affirming' Elizabeth Gilbert <br>The Worldwide Classic about a tiny island and larger love.<br><br>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.<br><br>Written in a clear, unsentimental style, full of brusque humour, and wisdom, The Summer Book is a profoundly life-affirming story. Tove Jansson captured much of her own life and spirit in the book, which was her favourite of her adult novels. With a foreword by Esther Freud and an afterword by Sophia Jansson (on whom the child 'Sophia' is based) who returns to the island during the pandemic at the point of becoming a grandmother herself.<br><br>Includes a 15pp epilogue by Tove's niece Sophia Jansson - the inspiration for 'Sophia' - on a personal and moving return to the island.<br><br>'Eccentric, funny, wise, full of joys and small adventures. This is a book for life.' Esther Freud<br><br>'Tove Jansson was a genius. This is a marvellous, beautiful, wise novel, which is also very funny.' Philip Pullman

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780954221713

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

198 x 133 x 20 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2003

Verlag / Hersteller

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