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The True Deceiver
by Tove Jansson
Translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal
Introduced by Ali Smith
“I loved this book. It's cool in both senses of the word, understated yet exciting. When I finished it I read it all over again. The characters still haunt me.” Ruth Rendell
“The True Deceiver glitters with the kind of sharpness that might just cut you… It is one of Jansson’s most deceptively quiet, most astonishing compositions.” Ali Smith |
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In the deep winter snows of a Swedish hamlet, a strange young woman fakes a break-in at the house of an elderly artist in order to persuade her that she needs companionship. But what does she hope to gain by doing this? And who ultimately is deceiving whom? In this portrayal of two women encircling each other with truth and lies, nothing can be taken for granted. By the time the snow thaws, both their lives will have changed irrevocably.
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The writer and artist Tove Jansson (1914–2001) is best known as the creator of the Moomin stories, which have been published in thirty-five languages. However, from 1968, she turned her attention to writing for adults. Her bestseller, The Summer Book, is a modern Scandinavian classic. The True Deceiver was published ten years later.
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A book of haunting suspense, a dark companion to The Summer Book, introduced by Ali Smith.
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First ever publication in English, in a translation by Thomas Teal. |
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 “I loved this book. It's cool in both senses of the word, understated yet exciting. When I finished it I read it all over again. The characters still haunt me.”
Ruth Rendell
“The True Deceiver glitters with the kind of sharpness that might just cut you… It is one of Jansson’s most deceptively quiet, most astonishing compositions.”
Ali Smith
“Tove Jansson was a genius”
Phillip Pullman |
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Pub date: Nov 3rd, 2009
Price: £7.99
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Extent: 208pp
Size: 192 x 128 mm |
ISBN: 978-0-9548995-7-8 Format: B – paperback original |
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