tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post3783158774816221002..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Preparing for the Tove Jansson centennial - just a colossal delight at being aloneAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-67598973855498742482014-01-12T17:12:37.764-06:002014-01-12T17:12:37.764-06:00several are available from my local library - as i...<i>several are available from my local library</i> - as is only right! Have fun with them. <i>Meine Frau</i> was just recently enjoying - or perhaps mocking - their Existentialism.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-15059648746639750432014-01-12T15:56:12.895-06:002014-01-12T15:56:12.895-06:00I hadn't even heard of the Moomin books until ...I hadn't even heard of the Moomin books until last year, but the drawings alone make me want to read them. Thank you for sharing about the centennial, I will have to read one of the Moomin books for it. Happily, several are available from my local library.amanda @ simplerpastimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14127945915013121105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-70851310119502266752014-01-09T13:03:12.155-06:002014-01-09T13:03:12.155-06:00I don't know why I've seen «définitivement...I don't know why I've seen «définitivement indisponible» <br />My children are too old to learn colours with the Moomins but I'll have a look at books for older children. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-3931770638310862692014-01-08T13:32:58.084-06:002014-01-08T13:32:58.084-06:00I don't think FNAC or even Decitre will carry ...I don't think FNAC or even Decitre will carry that glass Moominpapa top hat (see comment below), though.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-86840557452743857552014-01-08T13:24:55.978-06:002014-01-08T13:24:55.978-06:00Emma - Check FNAC and Amazon.fr, if you haven'...Emma - Check FNAC and Amazon.fr, if you haven't already. They should be readily available in French, as I've been ordering them regularly over the past few years for my goddaughters in Paris. seraillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654593356535433945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-41963826862333199052014-01-07T23:51:29.251-06:002014-01-07T23:51:29.251-06:00But the books for adults do seem to be OOP in Fran...But the books for adults do seem to be OOP in France. What a shame.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-31600866257295441382014-01-07T23:48:17.030-06:002014-01-07T23:48:17.030-06:00OOP en France, mais non, en stock! And with the l...OOP en France, mais non, <a href="http://www.amazon.fr/Moomin-com%C3%A8te-arrive-Tove-Jansson/dp/2353480381/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1389159532&sr=8-3&keywords=tove+jansson" rel="nofollow">en stock</a>! And with the lovely painted covers.<br /><br />I do not know the history of Moomin transmission. In the US, too, the books exist. They are not especially well known. My proof of this is that there is so little merchandise available, unlike in France where you can get a <a href="http://www.amazon.fr/Muurla-Moomin-verre-forme-chapeau/dp/B009IO5PLS/ref=sr_1_4?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1389159772&sr=1-4&keywords=moomin" rel="nofollow">glass vase in the form of Moominpapa'a top hat</a>.<br /><br />Jean - NYRB Classics needs to redouble their promotional efforts! I have not even mentioned the most Scandinavian aspect of them, their settings, often on islands in the Gulf of Riga, and Jansson's keen attention to seasons.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-88748020638312428432014-01-07T23:34:42.615-06:002014-01-07T23:34:42.615-06:00I have never heard of the Moomin books. I've j...I have never heard of the Moomin books. I've just checked, they've been translated into French but they're OOP. Strange because it seems such a familiar series to you all. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-39914520760488833292014-01-07T15:43:06.443-06:002014-01-07T15:43:06.443-06:00I so need to read the novels for adults--I never e...I so need to read the novels for adults--I never even knew about them till last year, though I've been a big Moomin fan since I was a kid. I love converting other people to Moomin stories.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-22388134203574030182014-01-07T14:13:14.272-06:002014-01-07T14:13:14.272-06:00Moomin or non, I don't know yet. I bet I will...Moomin or non, I don't know yet. I bet I will not know until the summer. Some Moomin books ought to be in the Sparkling Squirrel house at some point.<br /><br />Scott, you should send your parents, or whoever you like, a <a href="http://www.cafepress.com/+moomin+note_cards" rel="nofollow">Moomin thank you card</a>.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-68736625477645762042014-01-07T13:23:17.052-06:002014-01-07T13:23:17.052-06:00Whenever I contemplate the various things my paren...Whenever I contemplate the various things my parents did wrong, I am always checked by the fact that they somehow managed to put Jansson's Moomin books into my hands. seraillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654593356535433945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-83618337986071768272014-01-07T12:53:15.849-06:002014-01-07T12:53:15.849-06:00So will it be Moomin or non for me?So will it be Moomin or non for me?Sparkling Squirrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10899640164757220074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-43718490310092899872014-01-07T10:36:17.337-06:002014-01-07T10:36:17.337-06:00Now we just need to find the right host.
Tove 100...Now we just need to find the right host.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.tove100.com/" rel="nofollow">Tove 100</a>, which looks like it is related to the Jansson estate, has a calendar of 2014 events all over the world, "world" mostly meaning Finland, Sweden, Germany, and Japan.<br /><br />The site for the <a href="http://www.ateneum.fi/en/tove-jansson" rel="nofollow">centennial exhibition</a> at the Finnish National Gallery shows a landscape that Jansson painted at age 16 or so which looks like it ought to be populated with Moomin characters, like they are hidden in it somewhere.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-73753239529467839052014-01-07T09:46:36.126-06:002014-01-07T09:46:36.126-06:00Yes, by all means that's an event to host.Yes, by all means that's an event to host. Carolinehttp://beautyisasleepingcat.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-59017101820467104692014-01-07T09:10:23.909-06:002014-01-07T09:10:23.909-06:00In Tokyo, you can have Moomin-shaped pancakes, wit...In <a href="http://sparklesideup.blogspot.com/2013/10/moomin-bakery-and-cafe-tokyo.html" rel="nofollow">Tokyo</a>, you can have Moomin-shaped pancakes, with a Moomin seated at your table. Moomin spoons, Moomin coffee.<br /><br />Given the quality of food in Tokyo, it does sadden me a bit to think that people actually <i>eat</i> at the Moomin Bakery, though.<br /><br />German toy stores - reverting to my own experience - have plenty of Moomin merchandise but for some reason they have never caught on in the U.S. despite their undeniably endearing qualities.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-62771025459158436692014-01-07T08:57:13.791-06:002014-01-07T08:57:13.791-06:00I can stare at Moominartwork all day, these little...I can stare at Moominartwork all day, these little white trolls are the cutest thing ever!LMRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08538873868140070018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-53954635665251274942014-01-07T08:13:15.544-06:002014-01-07T08:13:15.544-06:00Now that's the way to end a whimsical series o...Now that's the way to end a whimsical series of children's books! Fantastic.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-8045655872853854762014-01-07T06:44:50.796-06:002014-01-07T06:44:50.796-06:00For me Moominvalley in November has been one of th...For me Moominvalley in November has been one of the most terrifying horror stories ever written. It is set at the end of autumn and the time of approaching winter. Various lonely characters feel the need to travel to Moominvalley where they hope to meet the Moomins one more time. They find nobody there because the Moomins are absent or dead. Finally they start performing a strange theatrical wake to bring memories back (it almost looks like a version of Finnegans Wake) . After it each of them goes their own way. It's a short story but very profound and memorable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com