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The True Deceiver (New York Review Books) - Tove Jansson, Thomas Teal, Ali Smith
The True Deceiver (New York Review Books)
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Deception—the lies we tell ourselves and the lies we tell others—is the subject of this, Tove Jansson’s most unnerving and unpredictable novel. Here Jansson takes a darker look at the subjects that animate the best of her work, from her sensitive tale of island life, The Summer Book, to her... show more
Deception—the lies we tell ourselves and the lies we tell others—is the subject of this, Tove Jansson’s most unnerving and unpredictable novel. Here Jansson takes a darker look at the subjects that animate the best of her work, from her sensitive tale of island life, The Summer Book, to her famous Moomin stories: solitude and community, art and life, love and hate. Snow ha
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Format: Kindle Edition
ASIN: B0092FQX50
Publisher: NYRB Classics
Pages no: 208
Edition language: English
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Reading Slothfully
Reading Slothfully rated it
3.0 The True Deceiver (New York Review Books)
My cousin, Diane, is always posting things about Moomins on FaceBook. It seems Moomins are some kind of mythical/cartoon creatures beloved by Finnish people. I have a vague feeling that Diane has a kid living in Finland, or perhaps he just works for a Finnish company. Anyway, I thought to read about...
Merle
Merle rated it
3.5 The True Deceiver by Tove Jansson
A hard-edged young woman on the fringes of society decides she wants what a local children’s book illustrator (a vague, reclusive and clueless woman) has, and sets out to get it according to her own peculiar moral code. Over the course of a long Finnish winter, both characters use each other, take f...
proustitute
proustitute rated it
5.0 The True Deceiver (New York Review Books Classics)
Jansson's prose is magisterial, as cold and icy as the winter setting; the pace is also ingenious which mimics the slow melting of the ice as the winter transitions into spring. The psychological depth of the characters is very nuanced and potent here, and the dialogue is brilliantly handled and all...
Chris' Fish Place
Chris' Fish Place rated it
4.0
I picked this up because I love Moomin, and I thought that the cover was beautiful.And because, I walked into Joseph Fox Booksellers. A small bookstore where you can never buy less than four books at a time because they have such a good stock. Furthermore, you've left another twenty or so behind t...
javajunco
javajunco rated it
4.0 The True Deceiver
Review to come (I need to think about it a bit)
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