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Author: Tove Jansson
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 159017268X

The Summer Book (New York Review Books Classics)

In The Summer Book Tove Jansson distills the essence of the summer-its sunlight and storms-into twenty-two crystalline vignettes. Get The Summer Book literature books for free.
This brief novel tells the story of Sophia, a six-year-old girl awakening to existence, and Sophia's grandmother, nearing the end of hers, as they spend the summer on a tiny unspoiled island in the Gulf of Finland. The grandmother is unsentimental and wise, if a little cranky; Sophia is impetuous and volatile, but she tends to her grandmother with the care of a new parent. Together they amble over coastline and forest in easy companionship, build boats from bark, create a miniature Venice, write a fanciful study of local bugs. They discuss things that matter to young and old alike: life, death, the nature Check The Summer Book our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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They discuss things that matter to young and old alike: life, death, the nature

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