Tove Jansson Family Moomintroll". In addition to the Moomin novels and short stories, Tove Jansson also wrote and illustrated four original and popular picture books: "The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My" (1952), "Who will Comfort Toffle?" (1960), "The Dangerous Journey" (1977) and "An Unwanted Guest" (1980). As the Moomins' fame grew, two of the original novels, "Comet in Moominland" and "The Exploits of Moominpappa", were revised by Jansson and republished. After "Moominvalley in November" Tove Jansson stopped writing about Moomins and started writing for adults. "The Summer Book" is the best known of her adult fiction translated into English. It
The True Deceiver The True Deceiver The True Deceiver (1982; Swedish: "Den ärliga bedragaren", lit. "The Honest Deceiver") is a novel by Swedish-Finnish author Tove Jansson. It was translated into English by Thomas Teal and won the Best Translated Book Award in 2011. The novel was first published in 1982 by Schildts Förlags Ab, Finland. The English translation was first published in the UK by Sort Of Books, then in the US through NYRB Classics, an imprint of The New York Review of Books. "Snow has been falling on the village all winter long. It covers windows and piles up in front of