{"product_id":"the-woman-who-borrowed-memories-selected-stories-paperback","title":"The Woman Who Borrowed Memories: Selected Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTove Jansson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLauren Groff\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eThomas Teal\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn NYRB Classics Original \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tove Jansson was a master of brevity, unfolding worlds at a touch. Her art flourished in small settings, as can be seen in her bestselling novel \u003ci\u003eThe Summer Book\u003c\/i\u003e and in her internationally celebrated cartoon strips and books about the Moomins. It is only natural, then, that throughout her life she turned again and again to the short story. \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Who Borrowed Memories\u003c\/i\u003e is the first extensive selection of Jansson's stories to appear in English. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany of the stories collected here are pure Jansson, touching on island solitude and the dangerous pull of the artistic impulse: in \"The Squirrel\" the equanimity of the only inhabitant of a remote island is thrown by a visitor, in \"The Summer Child\" an unlovable boy is marooned along with his lively host family, in \"The Cartoonist\" an artist takes over a comic strip that has run for decades, and in \"The Doll's House\" a man's hobby threatens to overwhelm his life. Others explore unexpected territory: \"Shopping\" has a post-apocalyptic setting, \"The Locomotive\" centers on a railway-obsessed loner with murderous fantasies, and \"The Woman Who Borrowed Memories\" presents a case of disturbing transference. Unsentimental, yet always humane, Jansson's stories complement and enlarge our understanding of a singular figure in world literature.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTove Jansson\u003c\/b\u003e (1914-2001) was born in Helsinki into Finland's Swedish-speaking minority. Her father was a sculptor and her mother a graphic designer and illustrator. Winters were spent in the family's art-filled studio and summers in a fisherman's cottage in the Pellinge archipelago, a setting that would later figure in Jansson's writing for adults and children. Jansson loved books as a child and set out from an early age to be an artist. Her first illustration was published when she was fifteen years old; four years later a picture book appeared under a pseudonym. After attending art schools in both Stockholm and Paris, she returned to Helsinki, where in the 1940s and '50s she won acclaim for her paintings and murals. From 1929 until 1953 Jansson drew humorous illustrations and political cartoons for the left-leaning anti-Fascist Finnish-Swedish magazine \u003ci\u003eGarm\u003c\/i\u003e, and it was there that what was to become Jansson's most famous creation, Moomintroll, a hippopotamus-like character with a dreamy disposition, made his first appearance. Jansson went on to write about the adventures of Moomintroll, the Moomin family, and their curious friends in a long-running comic strip and in a series of books for children that have been translated throughout the world, inspiring films, several television series, an opera, and theme parks in Finland and Japan. Jansson also wrote eleven novels and short-story collections for adults, including \u003ci\u003eThe Summer Book\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe True Deceiver\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFair Play\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Who Borrowed Memories \u003c\/i\u003e(available as NYRB Classics). In 1994 she was awarded the Prize of the Swedish Academy. Jansson and her companion, the artist Tuulikki Pietilä, continued to live part time in a cottage on the remote outer edge of Pellinge until 1991. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Teal\u003c\/b\u003e has translated many of Tove Jansson's works into English, beginning in the 1970s with \u003ci\u003eThe Summer Book \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSun City \u003c\/i\u003eand more recently, \u003ci\u003eThe True Deceiver\u003c\/i\u003e (2009, winner of the Best Translated Book Award) and\u003ci\u003e Fair Play\u003c\/i\u003e (2011, winner of the Bernard Shaw Prize for translation from the Swedish). He lives in Massachusetts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSilvester Mazzarella\u003c\/b\u003e is a translator of Italian and Swedish literature. For many years he lived in Finland, where he taught English literature at the University of Helsinki. His most recent translation from the Swedish is T\u003ci\u003eove Jansson: Life, Art, Words by Boel Westin\u003c\/i\u003e (2014). He now lives in Canterbury, England. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLauren Groff \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eArcadia \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Monsters of Templeton\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDelicate Edible Birds\u003c\/i\u003e, a story collection. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as in the Pushcart Prize, PEN\/O. Henry, and Best American Short Stories anthologies. She lives in Gainesville, Florida.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 8.99 x 3.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 21, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Best Translated Book Award (2015)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52030907187501,"sku":"9781590177662","price":20.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/MkZqK2dSWmg3NDlPZk9qTGpkbFRxdz09.webp?v=1777538834","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-woman-who-borrowed-memories-selected-stories-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}