{"product_id":"notes-from-an-island-hardcover","title":"Notes from an Island - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTove Jansson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlexander Chee\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom a renowned artist and writer, a deeply personal nature journal about the island that informed her many works, with paintings from her longtime partner, artist Tuulikki \"Tooti\" Pietil?.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the bitter winds of autumn 1963, Tove Jansson, helped by Brunstr?m, a maverick fisherman, raced to build a cabin on a treeless island in the Gulf of Finland. The island was Klovharun, where for thirty summers Tove and her beloved partner, the visual artist, Tuulikki \"Tooti\" Pietil?, lived, painted, and wrote, energized by the solitude and shifting seascapes. The island's flora, fauna, and weather patterns provided deep inspiration which can be seen reflected in all of Jansson's work, most famously in her bestselling novel \u003ci\u003eThe Summer Book\u003c\/i\u003e and her longstanding comic strip and novels for children, \u003ci\u003eMoomin\u003c\/i\u003e. Tove's signature spare, quirky prose, and Tooti's subtle ink washes and aquatints combine to form a work of meditative beauty, a chronicle of living peacefully in nature and observing the island's ecology and character. \u003ci\u003eNotes from an Island\u003c\/i\u003e is both a work of artistic collaboration and an homage to the deep love the two women shared. One feels as if Jansson's journal, with Tooti's sketches tucked inside, has been unearthed like a treasure from under a pile of old quilts in the back of their rustic cabin. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the essay, \"The Island\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"At once a short story, an essay, and a prose poem, 'The Island' reads both like a sketch for \u003ci\u003eThe Summer Book\u003c\/i\u003e and a vignette of Klovharun ... the text seems to change following mysterious tides from a timeless present to an urgent past.\" --Hernan Diaz, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Tove Jansson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"It could be said that everything she wrote is, in one way or another, about the creative interactions between art and reality or art and nature.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Her style is not at all 'poetic'--quite the contrary. It is prose of the very highest order; it is pure prose. Through its quiet clarity we see unreachable depths, threatening darkness, promised treasures.\"--Ursula K. LeGuin, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Tove Jansson was a genius, a woman of profound wisdom and great artistry.\"--Philip Pullman \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"It's hard to describe the astonishing achievement of Jansson's artistry.\"--Ali Smith \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTove Jansson (1914-2001) was born in Helsinki into Finland's Swedish-speaking minority; her father was a sculptor and her mother a graphic designer and illustrator. Jansson's most famous creation is Moomintroll, a hippopotamus-like character with a dreamy disposition who stars in \u003ci\u003eMoomin\u003c\/i\u003e, the long-running comic strip and series of books for children that have been translated throughout the world, inspiring films, several television series, an opera, and theme parks in Finland and Japan. Jansson wrote eleven novels and short-story collections for adults, including \u003ci\u003eThe Summer Book, The True Deceiver, Fair Play\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Who Borrowed Memories\u003c\/i\u003e and is widely beloved as a leading voice in contemporary global literature. In 1994 she was awarded the Prize of the Swedish Academy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 8.01 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 22, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42690780987455,"sku":"9781643264790","price":33.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/2e5433ec5c95078f0b304da980f57b1f_0c67a829-0ec7-462a-8e9a-67251e75438a.webp?v=1764990100","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/notes-from-an-island-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}