Tove Jansson The Summer Book : A Novel Paperback

Tove Janssons classic, bestselling novelSoon to be a major motion picture starring Glenn CloseDistils the essence of summer Robert MacfarlaneMagical, lifeaffirming Elizabeth Gilbert The Worldwide Classic about a tiny island and larger love. An elderly artist and her sixyearold granddaughter while away a summer together on a tiny island in the gulf of Finland. As the two learn to adjust to each others fears, whims and yearnings, a fierce yet understated love emerges one that encompasses not only the summer inhabitants but the very island itself. Written in a clear, unsentimental style, full of brusque humour, and wisdom, The Summer Book is a profoundly lifeaffirming 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. Includes a 15pp epilogue by Toves niece Sophia Jansson the inspiration for Sophia on a personal and moving return to the island. Eccentric, funny, wise, full of joys and small adventures. This is a book for life. Esther FreudTove Jansson was a genius. This is a marvellous, beautiful, wise novel, which is also very funny. Philip Pullman | Tove Jansson The Summer Book : A Novel Paperback