Notes from an Island

Author(s): Jansson, Tove, Pietila, Tuulikki, Teal, Thomas (Translator),
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 23/05/2024,
Pagination: 112 pages, 24 full page sepia aquatints,
Series: N/A,
Imprint: Sort of Books,
Published By: SORT OF BOOKS ,
Book Classification: Memoirs
Dimensions: 193 x 130 x 15mm
Weight: 208g
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781908745941

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For thirty summers Tove and her partner, the graphic artist, Tuulikki Pietilä, retreated to the tiny island of Klovharun, a rocky outcrop in the gulf of Finland, where they would live, paint and write, energised by the shifting seascapes and the island's austere charms. Notes from an Island, offers both a memoir of, and homage to, this beloved island home. Tove's spare prose, and Tuulikki's subtle washes and aquatints, combine to form a work of meditative beauty.

This edition includes the first UK publication of Tove's acclaimed 1961 essay/prose poem, The Island.