{"product_id":"9780954221713","title":"The Summer Book : A Novel","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Tove Jansson\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 29 May 2003 by SORT OF BOOKS in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 192 pages\u003cbr\u003e199 x 133 x 12mm | 188g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTove Jansson's classic, bestselling novel'Distils the essence of summer' Robert Macfarlane'Magical, life-affirming' Elizabeth Gilbert The Worldwide Classic about a tiny island and larger love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in a clear, unsentimental style, full of brusque humour, and wisdom, The Summer Book is a profoundly life-affirming story. Tove Jansson captured much of her own life and spirit in the book, which was her favourite of her adult novels. With a foreword by Esther Freud and an afterword by Sophia Jansson (on whom the child 'Sophia' is based) who returns to the island during the pandemic at the point of becoming a grandmother herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncludes a 15pp epilogue by Tove's niece Sophia Jansson - the inspiration for 'Sophia' - on a personal and moving return to the island.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Eccentric, funny, wise, full of joys and small adventures. This is a book for life.' Esther Freud'Tove Jansson was a genius. This is a marvellous, beautiful, wise novel, which is also very funny.' Philip Pullman\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tove Jansson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57548600869189,"sku":"9780954221713","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9780954221713.jpg?v=1774886660","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9780954221713","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}