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Title | : | Sculptor's Daughter: A Childhood Memoir |
Author | : | |
Rating | : | 4.58 (652 Votes) |
Asin | : | 006233462X |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2018-01-15 |
Language | : | English |
Tove is fab Tove is one of our greatest writers. An Unusually Vivid, Non-Sentimental Recollection of Childhood This book is a series of vignettes told through the eyes of a child - not sentimental, sometimes almost surreal, but it rings true to me.. Tom said A view into a very interesting life. Memoir of childhood, told in the child's voice. Beautiful use of language (and I assume, very good translation). Reminds me of the smooth, seamless flow of E.B. White's essays. Her ramblings into the flip-flopping mind of the little girl she once was are both endearing and enlightening. The mindset behind the Moomins is revealed, and it is a delight to behold. I love the book, and will read it many times.
Tove Jansson (1914-2001) was born in Helsinki, and was an illustrator and political cartoonist for the left-leaning, anti-Fascist magazine Garm. 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.. She created a long-running comic strip and a series of children's books featuring the much-loved hippopotamus-li
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. 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. It is a childhood memory that speaks to people everywhere.
Language Notes Text: English, Swedish (translation)
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