false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170969278m/79547.jpg 79547 14 Translated by Kingsley Hart <div>Tove Jansson's Moomin characters and books are admired the world over. In the United States the series beginning with <i>Finn Family Moomintroll </i>(first published in English in 1945) has accumulated generations of fans. Since Farrar, Straus and Giroux began reissuing the books in 1989, grateful readers old and new have been thrilled to have the stories available again. At last the final installment is being published &#8211; oddly, the only book that features none of the Moomin family themselves, though it does take place at their house. There familiar characters converge &#8211; Snufkin, the Hemulen, Fillyjonk, and others &#8211; seeking out the Moomins' welcoming company, only to find them absent. All remain at the house, all have very different personalities that clash often, but something about their homey cohabitation during the icy winter changes each visitor in a gratifying way. As <i>The Times Literary Supplement</i> put it, <i>Moominvalley in November</i> is "possibly the cleverest of the Moomin books."<br></div> 3024935 book 1970 Sent i november total:285|5:156|4:77|3:41|2:9|1:2| 285 1231 376 24 5 3 false false Sun Oct 28 17:07:34 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 28 18:17:48 -0700 2007 5 1 false false Sat Aug 11 17:03:06 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 10 21:35:43 -0800 2008
The idea is simple: What if there was a children's book where the main characters never showed up? Various support...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 08:16:21 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 16:33:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 4 false false Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 10:07:22 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 20:37:53 -0700 2009 Moominvalley in November. Edward Tulane, might have had it's moments of despair, and had an overarching sadness to it, but next to this novel it's pretty fucking upbeat.

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Jansson's last Moominvalley book concerns itself not with the Moomins themselves, but with some of the ancillary characters from the series. In this one, it's November, and the Moomins have gone off somewhere for th...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 15 07:33:09 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 04:54:09 -0800 2008
As a child I was puzzled by the weirdness of the Moomin books, but as an adult I find them pleasurably surrealistic. This one features six creatures staying at the ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1980 Tue Mar 31 12:04:12 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 12:06:26 -0700 2009
I loved the little characters with all their fears and doubts: the Hemulen who gives orders and talks about sailing but hides his fears; the OCD Fillyjonk; cool Snufkin and strange little Toft. Toft was my favourite in this story. ]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 08 20:05:37 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 20:13:51 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Feb 08 13:00:34 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 13:04:22 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 08:59:19 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 08:59:19 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Aug 15 13:08:20 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 13:08:41 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Sep 22 22:16:08 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 22 22:19:21 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed May 21 07:12:18 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 21 02:56:17 -0700 2009 Dolina Muminków w listopadzie to wspomnienia osób innych niż Muminki. Świetne i pełne ciepła opowieści. ]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1979 Tue Jul 24 09:56:06 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 24 09:57:51 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 07:31:45 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 07:33:51 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sat Dec 15 07:43:57 -0800 2007 Sat Oct 03 11:12:06 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Dec 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Sep 18 09:53:58 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 24 16:16:28 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jun 11 06:44:35 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 06:46:59 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sat Jul 07 19:55:38 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 07 20:53:40 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=79547