Published to mark the centenary of Tove Jansson's birth (1914-2014), introduced by Ali Smith - now in paperback.
Tove Jansson (1914-2001) is best known as the creator of the much loved Moomin stories for children. However, in her fifties she turned her attention to writing for adults, producing a dozen novels and story collections. Sculptor's Daughter was the first, in 1968, followed by The Listener, three years later, which will be published by June 2014 [9781908745361].
As an artefact, it's a jewel with evocative black and white
photographs throughout ... Jansson's narrator is wise but not
precocious and has an authentic way of parroting adult
observations. It's easy to see how this child, full of love and
wonder, became the woman who gave us the philosophical
Moomintrolls.
*The Scotsman*
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