Moominland Midwinter (Moomintroll Series)
by Tove Jansson
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Author: Tove JanssonIllustrator: Tove Jansson
Translator: Thomas Warburton
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1992-09-01
ISBN: 0374453039
Number of pages: 176
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Book Reviews of Moominland Midwinter (Moomintroll Series)
Book Review: Amazing parable
Summary: 5 Stars
I first read this book about the age of 10 in New Zealand. Many years later I walked into a tutorial room as an adult student in the University of Sydney. Apart from the tutor I was the first to arrive. The tutorial was to be on Milton's Paradise Lost and so I was asked how I was going with the essay. I confessed that I had temporarily put it aside in order to rediscover the delights of this book. The tutor's reaction to my apparent lack of commitment to the great Milton was totally surprising. Instead of bemused disapproval and ignorance of this little masterpiece he brightened up and also admitted great admiration and love for this stand-out from the enitire Moomin series. By way of proof he even took out a copy from the top draw of his desk!Our animated conversation about Moominland Midwinter was all too soon cut short by the arrival of the other students and we had to return to Paradise Lost and a level of joy in the room faded into a collective consideration of so called weightier matters. As a frequenter of book shops over the years I have never encountered any copy of the Moomin books, new or used in Australia which makes the informal tutorial all the more remarkable as they were all released in New Zealand when I was young.
I agree with the reviewers who lament that many children are now deprived of these books and this one in particular. I have read almost the entire series but this book has been a life-long friend in fact one of the two books I would most treasure to read and read again. The other is DC Lau's translation of Tao Te Ching.
This is my first review and could be my last but I'm glad to share this in particular as how the morning radio intones that Atlas Shrugged is now an Amazon top seller. A tome for our age but only for the lost and confused. Moominland Midwinter would be dammed with faint praise to be mentioned in same breath. I confess this is my reaction to the radio report, ha, how perverse is my inner libraian.
Moominland Midwinter really is magic.
Summary of Moominland Midwinter (Moomintroll Series)
Everyone knows that the Moomins sleep through the winter, but this year Moomintroll has woken up in January. After his initial shock at seeing his familiar haunts under the snow, Moomintroll discovers that winter is worth waking up for after all.
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