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by JANSSON, TOVE · Editorial Minuscula, S.L.U. · libro de bolsillo · 136 pages
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"La hija del escultor", el primer libro para adultos de Tove Jansson, nos permite curiosear en la infancia de Tove, que, en medio de lo cotidiano, fue mágica y misteriosa. En estas memorias, una niña inteligente e imaginativa nos introduce en el ambiente bohemio creado por sus padres en Katajanokka, el distrito portuario de Helsinki, y nos explica cosas como la ciencia de la improvisación perfeccionada por su madre, la ilustradora Signe Hammarsten, y una expedición en barca con su padre, el escultor Viktor Jansson, para rescatar unos misteriosos bidones aparecidos en una de las bahÃas del archipiélago de Pellinge. Descrito como «un libro de cuentos soberbio» por Ali Smith, la prosa evocadora de Jansson entreteje el realismo tranquilo con elementos propios de un cuento de hadas.

Tove Marika Jansson was a Finland-Swedish author, novelist and comic strip author, painter and illustrator. Brought up by artistic parents, her mother an illustrator and postage stamp designer, her father a sculptor, Jansson studied art from 1930 to 1938 in Helsinki, Stockholm, and Paris. She held her first solo art exhibition in 1943. Over the same period, she penned short stories and articles for publication, and subsequently drew illustrations for book covers, advertisements, and postcards. She continued her work as an artist and writer for the rest of her life.