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  • A Winter Landscape

    The True Deceiver by Tove Jansson is darker than either ‘The Summer Book’ or ‘A Winter Book’ (although ‘The Squirrel’, one of the short stories in the collection, is a little peculiar). But it is every bit as wonderful. With Jansson,… Continue reading

  • Magical Finnish Stories – With Not a Moomin in Sight

    Tove Jansson Writer and artist Tove Jansson is best known for her children’s books about the Moomins, which I have never read, but she also wrote for adults, and The Summer Book and A Winter Book are both utterly enchanting.… Continue reading