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The existence of Tove Jansson moves me to tears. Her unadorned creative living and working on an island, together with her life partner (wife to all extents and purposes) Tuulikki Pietilä and her quiet, inclusive, generous, weird Moomins are, to me, the stuff of utopia. Just knowing that her life happened gladdens my heart.
This novel creeps up on you. It evokes deep winter in a sparse language that doesn't dwell on any kind of nature rapture but makes you feel nature and seasons and climate (esp ...more
This novel creeps up on you. It evokes deep winter in a sparse language that doesn't dwell on any kind of nature rapture but makes you feel nature and seasons and climate (esp ...more
Anna , a children's book illustrator is now living with Katri and her slightly mentally handicapped younger brother, Mats. Anna makes an adequate living, but the local shopkeepers and everyone else it seems, overcharge her for their wares and services. Katri decides to become Anna's business manager to remedy this situation and in order to generate some income so Anna can help buy a boat for Mats which he is building . The interplay between the three provides an interesting story especially when
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