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The Woman Who Borrowed Memories: Selected Stories (NYRB Classics)

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The Woman Who Borrowed Memories: Selected Stories (NYRB Classics)

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Tove Jansson was a master of brevity, unfolding worlds at a touch. Her art flourished in small settings, as can be seen in her bestselling novel The Summer Book and in her internationally celebrated cartoon strips and books about the Moomins. It is only natural, then, that throughout her life she turned again and again to the short story. The Woman Who Borrowed Memories is the first extensive selection of Janssonâ€™s stories to appear in English.

Many of the stories collected here are pure Jansson, touching on island solitude and the dangerous pull of the artistic impulse: in â€œThe Squirrelâ€ the equanimity of the only inhabitant of a remote island is thrown by a visitor, in â€œThe Summer Childâ€ an unlovable boy is marooned along with his lively host family, in â€œThe Cartoonistâ€ an artist takes over a comic strip that has run for decades, and in â€œThe Dollâ€™s Houseâ€ a manâ€™s hobby threatens to overwhelm his life. Others explore unexpected territory: â€œShoppingâ€ has a post-apocalyptic setting, â€œThe Locomotiveâ€ centers on a railway-obsessed loner with murderous fantasies, and â€œThe Woman Who Borrowed Memoriesâ€ presents a case of disturbing transference. Unsentimental, yet always humane, Janssonâ€™s stories complement and enlarge our understanding of a singular figure in world literature.

Country	USA
Author	Tove Jansson
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781590177938
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	NYRB Classics
Manufacturer	NYRB Classics
NumberOfPages	305
PublicationDate	2014-10-21
Publisher	NYRB Classics
ReleaseDate	2014-10-21
Studio	NYRB Classics

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