Moomin Book One( The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip)[MOOMIN BK 1][Hardcover]

by Tove Jansson

Moomin Book One[The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip] [MOOMIN BK 1] [Hardcover]

Hardcover

Published October 1, 2006

About the author

Tove Jansson was born and died in Helsinki, Finland. As a Finnish citizen whose mother tongue was Swedish, she was part of the Swedish-speaking Finns minority. Thus, all her books were originally written in Swedish.

Although known first and foremost as an author, Tove Jansson considered her careers as author and painter to be of equal importance.

Tove Jansson wrote and illustrated her first Moomin book, The Moomins and the Great Flood (1945), during World War II. She said later that the war had depressed her, and she had wanted to write something naive and innocent. Besides the Moomin novels and short stories, Tove Jansson also wrote and illustrated four original and highly popular picture books.

Jansson's Moomin books have been translated into 33 languages.

Reviews

[Epsita · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5

It's lighthearted, although not intended for children. There’s mentions of alcohol, infatuations, get-rich-quick schemes that only adults can understand. The characters are all a bit silly, which makes for good comedy. It also shows the futility of both greed and the allure for grandeur. Overall, an enjoyable read.

[Jordyn · Rating 2 out of 5]

it had super cute art but I found the stories to be sad and the characters pathetic and dopey