{"product_id":"sun-city-paperback-by-tove-jansson-translated-from-the-swedish-by-thomas-teal","title":"Sun City Paperback by Tove Jansson, translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                            \n                                \n                                    \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                                    \u003cul\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eNYRB Classics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2025-02-18)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e224\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781681378657\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e215.46\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e7.96 x 4.98 x 0.48\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                                    \u003cbr\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Summer Book\u003c\/i\u003e and creator of the Moomins, an off-beat novel about a retirement community in sunny Florida.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Summer Book\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe True Deceiver\u003c\/i\u003e, as in her  many short stories, Tove Jansson was drawn again and again to the  everyday life of the aged. Not as a group apart but as full-blooded  people with as many jealousies, urges, and joys as any other group. It’s  no wonder that in her travels through America in the 1970s she became  fascinated with what was then a particularly American institution, the  retirement home, where older people live in their particular tightly  knit worlds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eSun City\u003c\/i\u003e, Jansson depicts these worlds in a group  portrait of residents and employees at the Berkeley Arms in St.  Petersburg, Florida. As the narrative moves from character to character,  so the characters move through an America riven by cultural divides,  facing the death of its dream. The Berkeley Arms’s newest resident finds  a place among the rocking chairs and endless chatter on the veranda,  while other residents long for past glories, mourning their losses and  killing time. Meanwhile one of their attendants, Bounty Joe, is eagerly  awaiting a letter, or even just a postcard, alerting him to the imminent  return of Jesus Christ. “Nobody’s normal anymore,” as the bartender  says, “not the old geezers and not the newborn kids.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                    \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTove Jansson\u003c\/b\u003e (1914–2001) was born in Helsinki, attended art schools in Stockholm and Paris, and upon her return to Finland in the 1940s won acclaim for her paintings and murals. It was in the left-leaning anti-Fascist Finnish-Swedish magazine \u003ci\u003eGarm\u003c\/i\u003e, where Jansson's most famous creation, Moomintroll, made his first appearance. Jansson also wrote eleven novels and short-story collections for adults, including \u003ci\u003eThe Summer Book, The True Deceiver\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFair Play\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Who Borrowed Memories\u003c\/i\u003e (all available as NYRB Classics).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Teal\u003c\/b\u003e has translated Tove Jansson's \u003ci\u003eThe Summer Book\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe True Deceiver\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Fair Play\u003c\/i\u003e, for which he was awarded the Bernard Shaw Prize for Translation from the Swedish for the years 2007 to 2009. He also translated, with Silvester Mazzarella, Jansson's short story collection \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Who Borrowed Memories\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                            \n                            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":45447976812705,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781681378657","price":22.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781681378657.jpg?v=1764229642","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/sun-city-paperback-by-tove-jansson-translated-from-the-swedish-by-thomas-teal","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}