Het raadselachtige eiland

by Tove Jansson

nan

216 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2015

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

[Tobias van de Sanden · Rating 4 out of 5]

⭐️ 4,5

[Evert · Rating 4 out of 5]

'Een schip bij nacht heeft iets sprookjesachtig. Dit is dé manier om een nieuw leven te beginnen. Een brandende stormlamp in de top van de mast, een kust die achter je in het donker verdwijnt, terwijl de wereld in slaap verzonken is. 's Nachts reizen is het mooiste wat er bestaat (p. 24).'

[Huotari Groenewegen · Rating 5 out of 5]

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