{"product_id":"the-woman-who-borrowed-memories-selected-stories-9781590177662","title":"The Woman Who Borrowed Memories: Selected Stories","description":"An NYRB Classics Original \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tove Jansson was a master of brevity, unfolding worlds at a touch. Her art flourished in small settings, as can be seen in her bestselling novel \u003ci\u003eThe Summer Book\u003c\/i\u003e and in her internationally celebrated cartoon strips and books about the Moomins. It is only natural, then, that throughout her life she turned again and again to the short story. \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Who Borrowed Memories\u003c\/i\u003e is the first extensive selection of Jansson's stories to appear in English. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany of the stories collected here are pure Jansson, touching on island solitude and the dangerous pull of the artistic impulse: in \"The Squirrel\" the equanimity of the only inhabitant of a remote island is thrown by a visitor, in \"The Summer Child\" an unlovable boy is marooned along with his lively host family, in \"The Cartoonist\" an artist takes over a comic strip that has run for decades, and in \"The Doll's House\" a man's hobby threatens to overwhelm his life. Others explore unexpected territory: \"Shopping\" has a post-apocalyptic setting, \"The Locomotive\" centers on a railway-obsessed loner with murderous fantasies, and \"The Woman Who Borrowed Memories\" presents a case of disturbing transference. Unsentimental, yet always humane, Jansson's stories complement and enlarge our understanding of a singular figure in world literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/21\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590177662\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 283\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.99h x 3.98w x 0.67d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Best Translated Book Award - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/20\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/31\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2014 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Best Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2014 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tove Jansson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36660819099804,"sku":"9781590177662","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c5b719e5-dd4a-4ec5-a1db-3cb5dc58e01f.jpg?v=1603897616","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-woman-who-borrowed-memories-selected-stories-9781590177662","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}