Fair Play
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Fair Play
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Tove Jansson
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:240 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 196,Width 130 |
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| Category/Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780954899530
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| Classifications | Dewey:839.7374 |
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| Edition |
Main
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Publishing Details |
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| Publication Date |
1 June 1999 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
'so what can happen when Tove Jansson turns her attention to her own favourite subjects, love and work, in the form of this novel about two women, lifelong partners and friends? Expect something philosophically calm - and discreetly radical. At first sight it looks autobiographical. Like everything Jansson wrote, it's much more than it seems . . . Fair Play is very fine art . ' (Ali Smith from the introduction to Fair Play)
Author Biography
The writer and artist Tove Jansson (1914-2001) is best known as the creator of the Moomin children's stories, which have been published in 35 languages. The Summer Book was one of ten novels she wrote for adults. It is regarded as a modern classic throughout Scandinavia.
ReviewsI absolutely loved FAIR PLAY. Tove Jansson has that magical gift of communicating directly with her reader through seemingly effortless prose. Writing of this calibre is a rare thing, to be treasured. -- Philip Ardagh A book about love - tender, eccentric and fiercely independent. It feels a privilege to read it. -- Esther Freud Jansson's prose is wondrous: it is clean, deliberate; an aesthetic so certain of itself it's breathtaking. * Daily Telegraph *
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