Tove Jansson

Sculptor's Daughter

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Tove Jansson's ?rst book for adults was a memoir, capturing afresh the enchantments and fears of her Helsinki childhood. Presented with images from her family archive, Sculptor's Daughter gives us a glimpse of the mysteries of winter ice, the bonhomie of balalaika parties, and the vastness of Christmas viewed from beneath the tree. Tove Jansson (1914–2001) is best known as the creator of the much loved Moomin stories for children. However, in her ?fties she turned her attention to writing for adults, producing a dozen novels and story collections. Sculptor's Daughter (translated by Kingsley Hart) was the ?rst, published in 1968.
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152 printed pages
Original publication
2013
Publication year
2013

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  • Настя Мозговаяhas quoted4 years ago
    Art and life, light and dark, child’s play and deadly seriousness, hilarity and despair, creativity and existential cataclysm, and all of these oppositions held simultaneously and brought to work together: this is Tove Jansson territory.
  • marilyukhas quoted3 years ago
    THE SMALLER YOU ARE, the bigger Christmas is
  • marilyukhas quoted3 years ago
    mean, anyone can let Danger out but the really clever thing is finding somewhere for it to go afterwards

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