Moominland midwinter7/7/2023 ![]() “ One has to discover everything for oneself. ![]() There is a palpable trepidation in the air, as if we might be facing a long, lonely, bitterly cold winter. I chose to explore this work out of chronological order since it was seasonally appropriate, but also because its storyline accords in some respects with the way many people I know are feeling at the start of the new decade. Moominland Midwinter (or Trollvinter) is the fifth title in Tove Jansson’s series of stories about a family of benevolent, philosophical trolls with downy fur and soft round snouts, who reside in a rather unusual house in an attractive woodland valley by the sea. “ All was silent, nothing stirred, and slender stars were shining everywhere and twinkling in the ice. ![]() ( 28 ) My second Janssonian contribution to the Tove Trove Library. ![]() TOVE TROVE: Moominland Midwinter by Tove Jansson Home › Translated Literature › TOVE TROVE: Moominland Midwinter by Tove Jansson ![]()
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