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  The Summer Book (Paperback) By (author) Tove Jansson, Foreword by Esther Freud

  

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  Short Description for The Summer BookAn elderly artist and her six-year-old grand-daughter are away on a summer together on a tiny island in the gulf of Finland. As the two learn to adjust to each other's fears, whims and yearnings, a fierce yet understated love emerges - one that encompasses not only the summer inhabitants but the very island itself.
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  • Publisher: SORT OF BOOKS
  • Published: 29 May 2003
  • Format: Paperback 160 pages
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  • Categories: Contemporary Fiction
  • ISBN 13: 9780954221713 ISBN 10: 0954221710
  • Sales rank: 9,429

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Full description for The Summer Book

• An elderly artist and her six-year-old grand-daughter are away on a summer together on a tiny island in the gulf of Finland. As the two learn to adjust to each other's 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 life-affirming story. Tove Jansson captured much of her own life and spirit in the book, which was her favourite of her adult novels. This new edition, with a Foreword by Esther Freud, sees the return of a European literary gem - fresh, authentic and deeply humane.