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Kunniallinen Petkuttaja (1982)

by Tove Jansson(Favorite Author)

3.88 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

WSOY

review 1: I enjoyed this story, but I have a sense that the abridged version I listened to missed the nuances that the author was trying to convey, this concept of what lies we accept and which we tell ourselves or others. I think perhaps the audio version simply told the day-to-day story, and failed, in its brevity, to hint at the under-story. The ending was odd... it told me nothing of Katri (other than perhaps she'd lost her ability to be decisive and confident?) and little about Anna (other than perhaps she'd lost her innocence?) Were they better off for these changes, or worse? This would be a good book for a book club, as I think there would be really interesting discussion at the end.
review 2: You may know Jansson’s children’s writing best, as she creat... moreed the Moomins. However, I hadn’t realised that she spent the last 30 years of her life writing books for adults, of which this is one. I really enjoyed this, about a woman who is an outsider in her Finnish village and decides to stage a break-in at an elderly artist’s house in order to secure a financial future for her brother. It did feel like a children’s story for grown-ups, with its imagery of people and houses as wolves and rabbits, circling each other. Really great sparse but beautiful language. I wanted the ending to have a little more bite (if you’ll excuse the pun!), but I’ll definitely be picking up more of her work for adults. less

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