by Rick Skwiot
June 10, 2010
Books
Though she gained world renown as author and illustrator of the Moomin children’s books, the late Tove Jansson (1914-2001) also wrote praiseworthy novels for adults. Recently I read two of them at opposite ends of the psychological spectrum, translated into English by Thomas Teal. (Though Finnish by birth, Jansson wrote in her Swedish mother tongue.) [...]
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Two Praiseworthy Novels by Tove Jansson
by Rick Skwiot June 10, 2010 BooksThough she gained world renown as author and illustrator of the Moomin children’s books, the late Tove Jansson (1914-2001) also wrote praiseworthy novels for adults. Recently I read two of them at opposite ends of the psychological spectrum, translated into English by Thomas Teal. (Though Finnish by birth, Jansson wrote in her Swedish mother tongue.) [...]