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Author:

Jansson, Tove author.

Title:

Letters from Tove / Tove Jansson ; edited by Boel Westin and Helen Svensson ; translated by Sarah Death.

Edition:

First University of Minnesota Press edition.

Publisher:

University of Minnesota Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

496 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Jansson, Tove--Correspondence.

Other Authors:

Westin, Boel, editor.
Svensson, Helen, 1945- editor.
Death, Sarah, translator.

Other Titles:

Brev från Tove Jansson. English

Notes:

First published in 2014 as Brev från Tove Jansson by Schildts & Söderströms, Helsinki, Finland. Translated from the Swedish. Includes index.

Summary:

"These letters, penned with characteristic insight and wit, provide an almost seamless commentary on Tove Jansson's life within Helsinki's bohemian circles and on her island home. They summon a particular place and time reflected through a mind finely attuned to her culture, her world, and her own nature, drawing a complex, intimate self-portrait of one of the world's most beloved authors"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1517910102
9781517910105
1517909570
9781517909574

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1122921994

LCCN:

2019052188

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)