Il libro dell'estate

‘ The forest was full of signs and portents, its own secret written language. ’ Tove Jansson , the world-renowned creator of the Moomintroll characters , succinctly harnesses the power and glory of a seaside summer season in the twenty-two elegant vignettes contained within The Summer Book . Here is a boo Leggi tutto

This is the quietest great book I've ever read. Every once in a while I read a book that makes me jealous, that makes me wish I could write and do what the book did. Like this one. It's a wisp of a book - brief, with no plot to speak of and only two real characters, no compelling crisis to drive the Leggi tutto

This book is beautiful, enchanting, miraculous, magical. https://emmareadstoomuch.wordpress.co... The writing is lovely. The characters are charming and real. The stories give an immersive look at the as-yet-otherwise-unknown-to-me experience of a Scandinavian summer that feels totally new, and simult Leggi tutto

There’s something magical about the bond between the young and the old. I can’t imagine a more enchanting place to tell such a story than on a mysterious island. An island takes note of the seasons and the shifts in weather more clearly than perhaps any other place on earth. The new growth, the budd Leggi tutto

قرأت هذا الكتاب في ثلاثة أيام، هي في الحقيقة ثلاث جُمع، ربما بسبب تأثيره الحلميّ والمهدئ الذي جعلني أدخره للإجازات. هذا كتابٌ لطيف عن اللطف، كتاب آخر أحبه.

4,5 Witty, funny, lovely, moving and a bit nostalgic for me... A little girl with so many questions, an old lady with so much silent wisdom...