The summer book

Jansson, Tove (author.). Teal, Thomas, (translator.). Davis, Kathryn, (writer of introduction.).

Summary: "This brief novel tells the story of Sophia, a six-year-old girl awakening to existence, and Sophia's grandmother, nearing the end of hers, as they spend the summer on a tiny unspoiled island in the Gulf of Finland"--

Record details

ISBN: 159017268X
ISBN: 9781590172681
Physical Description: xii, 170 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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Publisher: New York : New York Review Books, [2008]
Copyright: ©2008

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction -- The morning swim -- Moonlight -- The magic forest -- The scolder -- Berenice -- The pasture -- Playing Venice -- Dead calm -- The cat -- The cave -- The road -- Midsummer -- The tent -- The neighbor -- The robe -- The enormous plastic sausage -- The crooks -- The visitor -- Of angleworms and others -- Sophia's storm -- Day of danger -- August.
Language Note:	Translated from Swedish.