Title:
The summer book / Tove Jansson ; translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal ; introduction by Kathryn Davis.
ISBN:
9781590172681
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Publication Information:
New York : New York Review Books, [2008]
©2008
Physical Description:
xii, 170 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
General Note:
Translation of: Sommarboken.
Contents:
Introduction -- The morning swim -- Moonlight -- The magic forest -- The scolder -- Berenice -- The pasture -- Playing Venice -- Dead calm -- The cat -- The cave -- The road -- Midsummer -- The tent -- The neighbor -- The robe -- The enormous plastic sausage -- The crooks -- The visitor -- Of angleworms and others -- Sophia's storm -- Day of danger -- August.
Summary:
"This brief novel tells the story of Sophia, a six-year-old girl awakening to existence, and Sophia's grandmother, nearing the end of hers, as they spend the summer on a tiny unspoiled island in the Gulf of Finland."--Publisher's description.
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Language Note:
Translated from Swedish.
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OCLC Number:
ocn166387949
Availability:
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