Thanks to Boel Westin's biography of Tove Jansson, with its detailed analyses of its subject's distinguished work, we can view the joyous springtime experiences of these hippopotamus-like creatures in historical and personal terms ... Since her death in 2001, Jansson's reputation has arguably rested as strongly on pared, magical prose for adult readers as on her children's stories. But Westin shows that this division is inappropriate; Tove's unique imagination and art pervade both.
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