Letters from Tove
By: Tove Jansson
4.23
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
A virtual memoir in letters by the beloved creator of the Moomins. Tove Jansson’s works, even he…
Want to Read $ 9.99"You see, I love you as if bewitched, yet at the same time with profound calm, and I’m not afraid of anything life has in store for us."-Tove Jansson, Letters from Tove
"Strange that it will all just go on, we will paint, travel, love, grieve, collect money, buy things, grow old ... whether we want to or not."-Tove Jansson, Letters from Tove
"Dearest Eva, Something has happened to me that I realise I have to tell you about. I’m so happy, so elated and relieved. You know I feel like Atos’s wife, and I expect I always shall. But what has happened now is that I’ve fallen madly in love with a woman. And it seems to me so absolutely natural and genuine – there’s nothing problematic about it at all. I just feel proud and uncontrollably glad. These last weeks have been like one long dance of rich adventure, tenderness, intensity – an expedition into new realms of great simplicity and beauty."-Tove Jansson, Letters from Tove
"You’ve never seen the island as it looks now, tipping over into autumn. There are no bright colours out here to signal departure, they are simply erased, a withered tangle of greys and browns, the island shrinks and is somehow absorbed into the rain and sea and the evenings are dramatic with their desolate sunsets and banks of cloud. The darkness on an island such as this is like standing at the end of the world and all the night sounds are intensified, giving an impression of utter solitude – nature no longer frames one’s existence, but hurls it to the periphery and imposes its sovereign domination. Suddenly it’s just the sea and vast, dramatic autumn skies. Oddly enough I feel less and less inclined to leave, the less benign my surroundings grow – the security of town is more menacing."-Tove Jansson, Letters from Tove
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"Minä rakastan rajoja", Tove sanoo. "Elokuu, joka on raja kesän ja syksyn välillä. Se on hienoin tuntemani kuukausi. Ensimmäinen muumipeikoista kertova kirja alkaa elokuussa, samoin myös Muumipappa ja…"-Otto Latva, Meri ja Tove. Elämää saaristossa
"Menen uloimmalle kallionkielekkeelle lännen puolelle, joka on sileä, paljas ja auringosta kuuma, annan itseni liukua alas kylmään vihreään veteen, jossa punaruskeat rakkolevät leikkivät, uin suoraan …"-Otto Latva, Meri ja Tove. Elämää saaristossa
"Tiedän millaista on, kun katsoo vinttikamarin ikkunasta aamuhämärässä: salmi on äänetön, vain käki kukkuu, kepeän odottava utu viipyy veden yllä, ihmiset nukkuvat ja kala nappaa. Niemi oli runsaskäti…"-Otto Latva, Meri ja Tove. Elämää saaristossa
