Who Will Comfort Toffle? A Tale of Moomin Valley

by Jansson, Tove

• ISBN13: 9781770460171
• ISBN10: 1770460179
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-11-09
• Publisher: Enfant

Summary

This is the timeless, magical tale of the wistful wallflower, Toffle -- too shy to speak to anyone and too fearful of the world he is watching from afar. Lonely and sad, Toffle runs away from home and watches the magical cast of Moominvalley celebrate and enjoy life. Joining Drawn & Quarterly's archival series of MOOMIN: THE COMPLETE TOVE JANSSON COMIC STRIP and MOOMIN, MYMBLE, AND LITTLE MY is the glorious reprinting of the Tove Jansson classic children's book WHO WILL COMFORT TOFFLE? with a loving translation by British poet Sophie Hannah.

Author Biography

TOVE JANSSON (1914–2001) was born in Helsinki, Finland, and is the Hans Christian Andersen award-winning author, cartoonist, painter, and creator of the Moomintrolls. The Moomins are loved around the world, have been on television, and can be found in their own museum and theme park in Finland.

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“This book has everything that makes Jansson’s work so extraordinary: whimsy, joy, economy and complexity.” —The Independent (U.K.)

“A warm and immensely re-readable story of loneliness and of friendship. The Moomin stories have a timeless quality, and speak to every new generation.” —The Bookseller (U.K.)

“Who Will Comfort Toffle? is classic Jansson, the flat, matte expanses of colour on the pages broken up with psychedelic detail.” —Sunday Telegraph (U.K.)