Fair Play

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Fair Play
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Tove Jansson
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:240
Dimensions(mm): Height 196,Width 130
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780954899530
ClassificationsDewey:839.7374
Audience
General
Edition Main

Publishing Details

Publisher Sort of Books
Imprint Sort of Books
Publication Date 1 June 1999
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

'so what can happen when Tove Jansson turns her attention to her own favourite subjects, love and work, in the form of this novel about two women, lifelong partners and friends? Expect something philosophically calm - and discreetly radical. At first sight it looks autobiographical. Like everything Jansson wrote, it's much more than it seems . . . Fair Play is very fine art . ' (Ali Smith from the introduction to Fair Play)

Author Biography

The writer and artist Tove Jansson (1914-2001) is best known as the creator of the Moomin children's stories, which have been published in 35 languages. The Summer Book was one of ten novels she wrote for adults. It is regarded as a modern classic throughout Scandinavia.

Reviews

I absolutely loved FAIR PLAY. Tove Jansson has that magical gift of communicating directly with her reader through seemingly effortless prose. Writing of this calibre is a rare thing, to be treasured. -- Philip Ardagh A book about love - tender, eccentric and fiercely independent. It feels a privilege to read it. -- Esther Freud Jansson's prose is wondrous: it is clean, deliberate; an aesthetic so certain of itself it's breathtaking. * Daily Telegraph *