Moominland Midwinter – Special Colour Edition

By Tove Jansson

Tove Jansson’s classic Moominland Midwinter is glowing in colours for the first time in this special edition, published by Sort of Books. 

Stunning colour illustrations bring out the magic in winterly Moominvalley in this classic story of Moomintroll waking up in the wintertime.

Moomins always sleep through the winter season while the snow settles all around them, waking up in time for spring and the arrival of Snufkin and other friends. Or they did until the year Moomintroll woke up and found himself all alone in a sleepy, dusty house in a silent, snow-covered valley in the middle of a new and mysterious season.
In this moving story of a small, brave Moomintroll finding his way in the mysterious world of winter, we discover that there are always new friends to be found – like the calm and wise Too-ticky and the irrepressible Little My – and new ways to play and be kind.

Tove Jansson was commissioned to create six original pieces of art for an Italian edition of Magia d’inverno in 1961, and for the first time, this colour art is available for other translations, as well. The new Finnish edition is published in a slightly larger format with a cloth spine and with bigger font than the original Moominland Midwinter, to set this gift edition apart from the original black and white edition. This is the only original Moomin novel illustrated with colour art.
 

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About the author

Tove Jansson (1914-2001), Finnish-Swedish writer and artist, achieved worldwide fame as the creator of the Moomins, written and illustrated between 1945 and 1970. The books about the brave, adventurous, yet family-focused and home-loving Moomins have been translated into more than 60 languages and are still in print all over the world today.The Moomins were, of course, only a part of Jansson’s prodigious output. Already admired in Nordic art circles as a painter, cartoonist and illustrator, she would go on to write a series of classic novels and short stories. She remains Scandinavia’s best-loved author.Tove Jansson’s work reflected the tenets of her life: her love of family and nature, and her insistence on freedom to pursue her art. “Work and love” was the motto she chose for herself and her approach to both was joyful and uncompromising.