“It has always been my dream to travel light, a small suitcase that you swing casually at arm's length, walking briskly but without haste, for example through an airport hall, passing a crowd of nervous people dragging heavy luggage.”
There are a thousand ways to escape in the short stories written by Tove Jansson.
That of this man who decides to leave his dreary existence and who embarks on a cruise is one among others.
The man who dreamed of being alone, free from everything, will eventually realize that we are often overtaken by unwelcome people wherever we go.
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This text gives its title to the collection by the Finnish novelist, known for being the creator of the Moomins, these snow-white characters who gave birth to a series of symbolic and philosophical tales of great dreamlike power.
But Tove Jansson (1914-2001) is also the author of around fifteen works for adults, including the marvelous
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