The Summer Book (New York Review Books Classics)

by Kathryn Davis (Introduction), Tove Jansson (Author), Thomas Teal (Translator)

• New

  Illustrated
  2008

  $16.23

• Used

  Paperback
  1977

  $61.09

• New

  Paperback
  2003

  $10.85

  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 Janssoncaptured much of her own life and spirit in the book, which was her favourite of her adult novels. This new edition, with a Foreword by Esther Freud, sees the return of a European literary gem - fresh, authentic and deeply humane.