tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post5072894655833228590..comments2024-03-25T15:07:41.959+00:00Comments on Nigeness: Tove JanssonNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-67950106591513313652009-08-10T12:03:46.799+01:002009-08-10T12:03:46.799+01:00I hadn't read the Moomin books since childhood...I hadn't read the Moomin books since childhood, but my mother recently started giving my old copies to my daughter and I couldn't resist reading them again. They are utterly wonderful and deeply weird - I remember finding the Hattifatteners almost unbearably scary and they still gave me a frisson this time round. I love the fact that Jansson confronts full-on all those childhood fears like abandonment and the fact that things change and may never be the same again. And most of all I love the fact that my daughter and my husband have come to love these tales as much as I do.Sophie Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05212037697701712380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-69835142544726549712009-08-09T17:58:18.919+01:002009-08-09T17:58:18.919+01:00Judy is a huge fan of Jansson and continually trie...Judy is a huge fan of Jansson and continually tries to get me to read the books. 'Tales of Moominvalley' is one of the strangest things I've read in a while. Utterly beguiling.Uncle Dick Madeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01124053234469634414noreply@blogger.com