{"product_id":"the-summer-book-jansson-tove","title":"The Summer Book - Tove Jansson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback.\u003c\/strong\u003e Sort of Books. 2022 (1972). \u003cem\u003eNew condition.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Tove\u003cspan\u003e Jansson's classic, bestselling novel 'Distils the essence of summer' Robert Macfarlane'Magical, life-affirming' Elizabeth Gilbert The Worldwide Classic about a tiny island and larger love.An elderly artist and her six-year-old grand-daughter while away 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. 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 Tove's niece Sophia Jansson - the inspiration for 'Sophia' - on a personal and moving return to the island.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Page 28 ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54992934666563,"sku":null,"price":160.0,"currency_code":"SEK","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0608\/8890\/7972\/files\/library-68B8C1CB-6E4C-4D3C-9A82-2F0D20C0AC52-L0-001.jpg?v=1793353758","url":"https:\/\/pagekulturscen.se\/products\/the-summer-book-jansson-tove","provider":"Page 28 ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}