Product description
Soon to be a major film starring Glenn Close — in cinemas August 2026
Tove 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.
An 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.
Written 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.
Includes a 15pp epilogue by Tove's niece Sophia Jansson — the inspiration for 'Sophia' — on a personal and moving return to the island.
"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
Specifications
| Product ID / ISBN / EAN | 9780954221713 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Sort of Books |
| Format | Paperback |
| Condition | New |
| Language | English |
| Publication Date | 29 May 2003 |
| Number of Pages | 192 |
| Width | 13.3 cm |
| Height | 19.9 cm |
| Depth | 1.2 cm |