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The Summer Book

by Tove Jansson, Kathryn Davis, Thomas Teal
The Summer Book - Thryft
The Summer Book - Thryft

Intimate intergenerational island summer vignettes.

"The Summer Book" could be just what you need if you're looking to immerse yourself in a gentle, meditative exploration of life and relationships. This novel connects with the soul, weaving together moments of simplicity and profound wisdom through the lens of an idyllic island summer. It's as if the quiet love between a grandmother and her granddaughter fills each page, alongside the intrinsic beauty of nature, making it a soothing read that lingers with you like the warmth of a sunset.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Summer Book

by Tove Jansson, Kathryn Davis, Thomas Teal
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ISBN: 9781590172681
Authors: Tove Jansson, Kathryn Davis, Thomas Teal
Publisher: NYRB Classics
Date of Publication: 2008-05-20
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Contemporary
Related Topics: Classics, Literature
Goodreads rating: 4.03
(rated by 38499 readers)

Description

In The Summer Book Tove Jansson distills the essence of the summer—its sunlight and storms—into twenty-two crystalline vignettes. This brief novel tells the story of Sophia, a six-year-old girl awakening to existence, and Sophia’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. “On an island,” thinks the grandmother, “everything is complete.” In 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 in 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. The Summer Book is translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal.
 

Intimate intergenerational island summer vignettes.

"The Summer Book" could be just what you need if you're looking to immerse yourself in a gentle, meditative exploration of life and relationships. This novel connects with the soul, weaving together moments of simplicity and profound wisdom through the lens of an idyllic island summer. It's as if the quiet love between a grandmother and her granddaughter fills each page, alongside the intrinsic beauty of nature, making it a soothing read that lingers with you like the warmth of a sunset.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.