The Listener

Tove Jansson, Thomas Teal

From Shelf: Top 10 reads - 2022

Jansson's debut collection translated for the first time into English, to coincide with the centenary of her birth

In her first ever story collection, Jansson revealed the clarity of vision and light philosophical touch that were to become her hallmark. From the good listener who begins to betray the secrets confided to her, to vignettes of a city storm or the slow halting of spring, these stories are gifts of originality and depth.