{"product_id":"tove-jansson-life-art-words-9781517917296","title":"Tove Jansson: Life, Art, Words","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn in-depth, perceptive account of the unconventional life of the Moomins' beloved creator, now available in the United States\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Tove Jansson achieved fame as the creator of the Moomins, beloved by generations of readers around the world. Remarkably, the Moomins were only part of the prodigious creative output of this Finnish-Swedish writer and artist. Jansson's work also includes short stories and five novels for adults, as well as paintings, murals, and book illustrations. In this acclaimed biography, Boel Westin relies on numerous conversations with Jansson and unprecedented access to her journals, letters, and personal archives to present an engrossing and comprehensive review of the life and world of Scandinavia's best-loved author. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As Westin's meticulous research makes clear, Jansson's artistic and literary works reflected what was most important to her: the love of family and nature and the desire to pursue her art. Guided by her personal motto, \"Love and work,\" Jansson seized both with uncompromising joy. And while her romantic relationships with men proved unfulfilling, she found those with women--especially with her longtime partner, the artist Tuulikki Pietilä--both grounding and inspiring. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Westin weaves together the many threads of Jansson's rich, complex life: an education interrupted to help her family; the bleak war years and her emergence as a painter; the decades of Moominmania across books, newspaper comic strips, merchandise, and adaptations; her later fictions, including her popular \u003ci\u003eThe Summer Book; \u003c\/i\u003eand her time with Pietilä on the solitary island of Klovharu. \u003ci\u003eTove Jansson: Life, Art, Words\u003c\/i\u003e offers fans and admirers around the world the most complete portrait of the writer Philip Pullman described as \"a genius, a woman of profound wisdom and great artistry.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Boel Westin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.40w x 1.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517917296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/03\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2024 pg. 87\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e Boel Westin is professor emerita of literature at Stockholm University and chair of the jury for the world's largest children's literature prize, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Silvester Mazzarella is a translator of Italian and Swedish literature. His translations include Tove Jansson's \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Who Borrowed Memories\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Boel Westin \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47659164991645,"sku":"9781517917296","price":47.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_fecf7da7-d319-4af4-8a88-e1e37bf2141f.jpg?v=1771352069","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/tove-jansson-life-art-words-9781517917296","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}