Her illustrated Moomin books, which began to be published just after the second world war, brought her phenomenal acclaim and devotion. A painting by Tove Jansson for The Summer Book, a story about a family’s stay on a tiny Finnish island. Photograph: ©Tove Jansson EstateTove Jansson’s writing is different. Improbably but convincingly, two museum curators have found in an area of north London an echo of Jansson’s island. Photograph: ©Tove Jansson EstateThe diet was plain: hard bread, butter, cheese, fresh fish, canned everything else.

Source: The Guardian June 05, 2021 15:22 UTC