The Summer Book (New York Review Books Classics)

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The Summer Book (New York Review Books Classics)

InÂ The Summer BookÂ Tove Jansson distills the essence of the summerâ€”its sunlight and stormsâ€”into twenty-two crystalline vignettes. This brief novel tells the story of Sophia, a six-year-old girl awakening to existence, and Sophiaâ€™s grandmother, nearing the end of hers, as they spend the summer on a tiny unspoiled island in the Gulf of Finland. The grandmother is unsentimental and wise, if a little cranky; Sophia is impetuous and volatile, but she tends to her grandmother with the care of a new parent. Together they amble over coastline and forest in easy companionship, build boats from bark, create a miniature Venice, write a fanciful study of local bugs. They discuss things that matter to young and old alike: life, death, the nature of God and of love. â€œOn an island,â€ thinks the grandmother, â€œeverything is complete.â€ InÂ The Summer Book, Jansson creates her own complete world, full of the varied joys and sorrows of life.

Tove Jansson, whose Moomintroll comic strip and books brought her international acclaim, lived for much of her life on an island like the one described inÂ The Summer Book, and the work can be enjoyed as her closely observed journal of the sounds, sights, and feel of a summer spent in intimate contact with the natural world.

Country	USA
Author	Tove Jansson
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781590176825
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	NYRB Classics
Manufacturer	NYRB Classics
NumberOfPages	186
PublicationDate	2012-08-08
Publisher	NYRB Classics
ReleaseDate	2012-08-08
Studio	NYRB Classics

The Summer Book (New York Review Books Classics)

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