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Muminki to nie całkiem bajka...Tove Jansson, młoda fińska pisarka szwedzkojęzyczna, obiecująca malarka, ilustratorka książek dla dzieci i uznana rysowniczka politycznych karykatur. Jej ojciec Viktor Jansson był rzeźbiarzem, a matka, Signe projektantką. Jej bracia również byli artystami. Mieszkała w Helsinkach, ale większość czasu spędzała z dala od swojego atelier, na wyspie Klovharu w Zatoce Fińskiej, która stała się tłem dla jej książek.Życie Tove zmieniło się, gdy w 1945 roku wydała pierwszą powieść o małych trollach, które pokochali dorośli i dzieci....

The Finnish-Swedish writer and artist Tove Jansson achieved worldwide fame as the creator of the Moomin stories, written between 1945 and 1970 and still in print in more than twenty languages. However, the Moomins were only a part of her prodigious output. Already admired in Nordic art circles as a painter, cartoonist and illustrator, she would go on to write a series of classic novels and short stories. She remains Scandinavia's best loved author. Tove Jansson's work reflected the tenets of her life: her love of family (and special bond with her mother), of nature, and her insistence on...

'[The letters] cover war, fame and her first infatuation with another woman...all related in a voice that is funny, gracious, intimate' The Observer "I find myself talking to you about all the great joys, all the agonies, all my thoughts..." - Letter to Eva Konikova, 1946 Out of the thousands of letters Tove Jansson wrote a cache remains that she addressed to her family, her dearest confidantes, and her lovers, male and female. Into these she spilled her innermost thoughts, defended her ideals and revealed her heart. To read these letters is both an act of startling ...