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milshollini's review against another edition
4.0
Първата ми книга на Т.Я.
Хареса ми, много, но не съм сигурна дали ще посегна към друга.
Четвъртата звездичка е за офромлението на Ина Бъчварова и защото обожавам поредицата Кратки разкази завинаги.
Хареса ми, много, но не съм сигурна дали ще посегна към друга.
Четвъртата звездичка е за офромлението на Ина Бъчварова и защото обожавам поредицата Кратки разкази завинаги.
mrswythe89's review against another edition
4.0
I like how uncommercial these stories are, and how they are literary fiction while still having a heart in them. I don't mean that they have heart in the sense of being squooshy and heartwarming; just that they aren't empty in the way a lot of New Yorker-style fiction feels. They are stories about people who are stubbornly themselves.
My favourite is probably the one about the professor in the Spanish town who tries to smooth over a disagreement between two expats, because she was so well-meaning. There is definitely a common thread between these and the Moomin books but I couldn't tell you how they're similar -- just that they are.
My favourite is probably the one about the professor in the Spanish town who tries to smooth over a disagreement between two expats, because she was so well-meaning. There is definitely a common thread between these and the Moomin books but I couldn't tell you how they're similar -- just that they are.
adru's review against another edition
Jaa, väga hea lugeda, nii mõnigi lugu vaimustab.
sve100's review against another edition
4.0
Има нещо много поетично в тези разкази, такъв нежен детайл и толкова обич към ежедневните, обикновени неща. Животът в този сборник изглежда толкова лесен, почти като детска игра, а героите и пейзажите усещам леки и акварелни.
sumlittlebee's review against another edition
funny
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
justinsinclair's review against another edition
5.0
Beautiful, funny, straightforward, anxious and thoughtful
How Tove manages to move between these moods with such ease in these compact book of short stories about change and identity is such a delight.
How Tove manages to move between these moods with such ease in these compact book of short stories about change and identity is such a delight.
hillersg7's review against another edition
dark
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Beautiful, raw, bewildering, scary, mysterious, spacious writing - and more, in this collection of short stories.
purplemuskogee's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
"Perhaps you have some idea of the depth of my fatigue, of my exhaustion and nausea in the face of this constant need to feel sorry for people?"
I have only started to read Tove Jansson a few months ago and already she is one of my favourite authors. This is the first time I read her short stories and I loved them so much. In Travelling Light, all the characters are somewhat misfits, outsiders, not quite fitting in or not wanting to fit in. They were all interesting and well-written and original - mysterious without being dark -, but my favourite ones have been "The Summer Child", where a middle class family decides to take a city boy with them on holiday to give the boy a taste of summer in the countryside, and the boy turns out to be dark and negative, a little boy who watches the sea and reminds everyone that pollution will erase all this beauty, a boy who likes to remind everyone around him of their own deaths, their own failures and of every danger... I loved "Travelling Light", where a man has made arrangements to give up his flat, his belongings, his whole life, to go travelling and finally be a person "who never took any interest in anyone", only to find that it is very difficult not to; and "Shopping", a post-apocalyptic short story where a couple survives in fear after some event has ravaged their surroundings and their home.
The introduction by Ali Smith was also worth reading.
I have only started to read Tove Jansson a few months ago and already she is one of my favourite authors. This is the first time I read her short stories and I loved them so much. In Travelling Light, all the characters are somewhat misfits, outsiders, not quite fitting in or not wanting to fit in. They were all interesting and well-written and original - mysterious without being dark -, but my favourite ones have been "The Summer Child", where a middle class family decides to take a city boy with them on holiday to give the boy a taste of summer in the countryside, and the boy turns out to be dark and negative, a little boy who watches the sea and reminds everyone that pollution will erase all this beauty, a boy who likes to remind everyone around him of their own deaths, their own failures and of every danger... I loved "Travelling Light", where a man has made arrangements to give up his flat, his belongings, his whole life, to go travelling and finally be a person "who never took any interest in anyone", only to find that it is very difficult not to; and "Shopping", a post-apocalyptic short story where a couple survives in fear after some event has ravaged their surroundings and their home.
The introduction by Ali Smith was also worth reading.
bryoniadioica's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0