JANSSON, Tove; TEAL, Thomas (trans.).

£475 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

The Summer Book. First edition in English of this classic of modern Scandinavian literature, described by Ali Smith as "a masterpiece of microcosm, a perfection of the small, quiet read".This is the first English translation of Jansson's semi-autobiographical work, which was originally published in Swedish, in Stockholm, in 1972. It remains the most popular of her books for adults. Set on the tiny Finnish island on which the Jansson family summered, the protagonists were inspired by the author's mother, who died the year she began writing The Summer Book, and her niece.

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