the summer book review

Poetic understatement, dry humor and a deep love for nature are obvious throughout her oeuvre. Tove Jansson, whose Moomintroll comic strip and books brought her international acclaim, lived for much of her life on an island like the one described in The Summer Book, and the work can be enjoyed as her closely observed journal of the sounds, sights, and feel of a summer spent in intimate contact with the natural world. —Time Out New York “Jansson's clear prose—capable of sentiment without being sentimental—contains multitudes. Absent of sentimentality, full of love and humor and wisdom, this is a tale about how much fun two people can have in the middle of nowhere, when they are practicing social isolation in earnest.—Elizabeth Gilbert, The New York Times, The Summer Book is pure loveliness. . While our office is shut down due to COVID-19, we encourage you to purchase this title through bookshop.org in support of independent bookstores. TM ® & © 2020 Scholastic Inc. All Rights Reserved. The grandmother is unsentimental and wise, if a little cranky; Sophia is impetuous and volatile, but she tends to her grandmother with the care of a new parent. By Allison McDonald. . The first edition of the novel was published in 1972, and was written by Tove Jansson. The Summer Book is a quietly beautiful, engrossing book, filled with serenity but also very funny. 6-13. In Smith's view, The Summer Book is an astonishing achievement of artistry, "the writing so lightly kept, so simple-seeming, so closely concerned with the weighing of moments that any extra weight of exegesis is too much." Publication Date: May 20, 2008. 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. Poetry, thoughts about the craft of writing poetry, and poetry about thoughts. Message download the pdf. Series: NYRB Classics The book was published in multiple languages including English, consists of 172 pages and is available in Paperback format. . To. —Powell’s Books. Brian Dillon's remarkable new essay collection, Suppose a Sentence, was published in late September, and the reviews are steadily rolling in! The book is as lovely, as evocative as a … The book is as lovely, as evocative as a film by Hayao Miyazaki." Ms. Jansson, who wrote those Moominland fancies for children, has directed her inventive hook-and-button plain talk at some adult concerns. Thank you! . . The Book of Summer is an enchanting book about a house and the people who have lived in it for 99 years. Find us on social media!