Bibliograph

The woman who borrowed memories, selected stories, Tove Jansson ; translated from the Spanish by Thomas Teal and Silvester Mazzarella ; introduction by Lauren Groff

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The woman who borrowed memories, selected stories, Tove Jansson ; translated from the Spanish by Thomas Teal and Silvester Mazzarella ; introduction by Lauren Groff

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The woman who borrowed memories

Oclc number

869527270

Responsibility statement

Tove Jansson ; translated from the Spanish by Thomas Teal and Silvester Mazzarella ; introduction by Lauren Groff

Series statement

New York Review Books classics

Sub title

selected stories

Summary

An NYRB Classics Original Tove Jansson excelled at the brief tale, writing stories that in their short spans unfold to reveal entire worlds. This is true of her internationally syndicated cartoon strip about a family of hippo-like creatures, the Moomins; of her beloved Moomin novels; and of her best-selling books for adults, like The Summer Book. Until now, however, Jansson's short stories have been nearly impossible to find in the United States. This volume brings together, for the first time in English, a generous selection of stories from the most fruitful period of her career, from her earliest collected stories, dating from the early 1970s, to her mature work, written not long before her death in 2001. In them are moments of the sublime and the mundane, as well as small heroisms and large griefs. Unsentimental, yet kind and humane, Jansson's short stories complement and enlarge our understanding of a giant of world literature

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