![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In the rest of the stories, they'll also recognise many of the characters and locations that appear, disguised or undisguised, throughout her work for adults and children. ![]() Entirely alone, unable to escape the island or reach the town to buy more provisions, she puts more wood on the fire, lights a lamp and sits down at the kitchen table to start writing.įans of Tove Jansson will recognise many of her obsessions in "The Squirrel", one of 20 stories collected in this short, brittle book: strange creatures with surprising powers, islands and small boats and the sea, loneliness and introspection, the vital influence of art and the imagination. Finally, the squirrel steals her boat and sails away. The squirrel breaks into the house and sits at her table, but she chases it out. Another day, feeling an intense need for human interaction, she screams into her radio, but no one answers. She hides when a boat moors near the island and three fishermen leap ashore with their rods. You can't count gulls they're always leaving they're like wind over waves and grass." The squirrel interrupts and accentuates her intense loneliness. One day, she is surprised to see a fellow resident: "it was a real live squirrel and she hadn't seen a living thing for a long time. ![]()
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