The Summer Book

by Tove Jansson · first published 1972

The Summer Book (Swedish: Sommarboken) is a novel written by the Finland Swedish author Tove Jansson in 1972. It tells of a family silently mourning a mother's death while spending a summer on a tiny island in the Gulf of Finland; the main characters are a young girl, Sophia, and her grandmother. The novel has been praised for its lightness of touch, simplicity of language, and expressiveness, while dealing indirectly with its principal theme of death. It has been translated into many languages, including Thomas Teal's admired English version.

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Genre:

Young adult fiction

Original language:

Swedish

Year page:

1972