What does /lit/ think of Moomin?

>>8786861
I only know that it's Finnish and I hate Finns even morse than I do niggers and sodomites so naturally I hate it too.

>>8786861
I read one of them when I was a wee lad. It was a good mix of wierd, spooky, and "comfy" I dont remember many details, but looking back at it an adult might enjoy it outside of nostalgia.

>>8786861
Very Scandinavian in that it's spooky and comfy at the same time.

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>>8786863
Moomins are too high-/lit/ for you anyways.

>>8786863

Jansson is swedish-finnish, though. Finns hate those, so she might be a perfect fit for you.

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>>8786863

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>>8786861
>>8786865
>a good mix of wierd, spooky, and "comfy"

Yep. They're some of the best "children's" literature. The melancholy disposition of the later books is wonderful.

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Jansson is fantastic. Her ability to capture specific shades of melancholy and frustration, all those feelings we don't have precise names for, is unrivaled.

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Can anyone comment how the comics stand up in comparison to the novels?

I've had the novels since childhood, but never read the comics. The lure of all the fantastic art is tempting me but I'm worried some of the magic will be missing.

>>8787800
The comics are more satirical than the books. They were more aimed at adults since it was ran on newspapers.

>>8787806
This. The comics are a bizarre and oddly violent thrill ride, but they're not like the stories.

I LOVED Notorious KKK.

Snufkin always annoyed me a bit. He is kind of a Mary Sue.

>>8787985
He just needs the Moomin dick.

>>8787973
The what?

>>8787767
Have you read her non Moomin work?

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>>8786861

Amazing. I'm reading Moominvalley in November right now. I wish kids would read these books instead of all that shitty fantasy trilogies and YA crap.

Other novels and short stories by Tove Jansson are also good, like The Summer Book.

My favorite Moomin characters are Snufkin, Fillyjonk, Mymble and little Ti-ti-uu from a Tales From Moominvalley story.

>>8787800

The comics are pretty fun and I'd say more satirical, I love both things desu. Tove is one of my favorite authors, even now as an adult.

>>8788388
Don't think I have ever found a Moomin book in any of the American book stores I have gone to. I had to order them.

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>>8788429

I've ordered most of them from betterworldbooks cause I like the old puffin covers, the new ones are okay I guess and very cheap on Amazon.

I live in a Spanish speaking country and translations are bad and super expensive, the covers are ugly too.

This one is not Puffin but still a cozy cover.

>>8788438
Where are you? What are the Russian books? I thought Moomin would have gotten a decent translation in Spanish, TVE used to air the '90s Moomin series all the time and the names were alright. What did they fuck with the books?

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>>8788474

Yeah, I remember watching the series. The books are not terrible but too expensive, you can buy at least three of the books in English instead of one in Spanish. Siruela tier.

The russian books are novels, Strugatsky brothers, Douglas Adams and Sholokhov.

>>8788494
>Tove Jansson
>Strutgasky Brothers
>Spanish speaker

Be still, my beating heart. Those covers are pretty shitty. I thought the books are translated like ass in Spanish. Tell your publishers to step up their cover game, like the ones from this site.

http://www.moomintrove.com

>>8786863

But why?

>>8788322
Some of it (Summer Book, Winter Book, True Deceiver, Fair Play, The Woman Who Borrowed Memories). The spirit is the same.

>>8788517

Las ediciones Puffin UK de los 70 molan.

>>8788522
He is just jealous.

>>8788550
The Chinese editions look very nice.

>>8788549
No Sculptor's Daughter?

>>8788549

The True Deceiver was cozy.

>>8788947
The only author cozier than her in Nordic literature is Astrid Lindgren.

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>>8789034

I wouldn't say cozier but it's definitely good and comfy to read.

I actually want this book but there isn't an English translation yet.

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Top-tier. Happy I get to read them in the original Swedish.

The later books in the series are some of my all time favorites.

>>8789126
Mad jelly. Tove's prose works best in its original language.

>>8788438
hey im a first year russian student. glad u like russian too. stay strong мoй дpyг

>>8789258
Where are you learning Russian?

>>8789226
Reading both Moominpappa at Sea and Moominvalley in November as two sides of a coin is the best experience.

>>8789472
a college in chicago.

wbu?

>>8788522
A Finn betrayed me and left me to burn in hell.

>>8788900
Not yet, but it's on my list. Jansson is a seasonal writer: in November, you crack open Moominvalley in November, Summer Book in summer, etc. The Tales are good any time.

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Great writer. Wish I had been exposed to the Moomins when I was younger. Reading them now is good though. They're Calvin and Hobbes level great

I will be collecting all of her non-Moomin too.

>>8786861
Some of the COMFIEST books in existence.

>>8790549
>Jansson is a seasonal writer: in November, you crack open Moominvalley in November, Summer Book in summer, etc.
I like doing the opposite. It's snowing outside and I'm reading Moominsummer Madness.

>>8790969
the absolute madman

>>8790969
I find it a lot more fitting. People usually think about summer when it's winter and vice versa.

>>8790587
>No Sculptor's Daughter

>>8786863
Why would you hate a white person?

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>>8791514

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>>8791514
W H I T E
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>>8791514
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVlOC0bpFq0

>>8791670
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8uDlHN26xs

>>8787800

They're kind of tangential even if they use superficially same characters and setting.

Moomin books are melancholy and sometimes adventurous.

Moomin comics are anarchistic and a satirical.

Tove just gave his brother the right to do the comics using the characters. I think both interpretations are fine, perhaps prefer the books (Trollvinter in particular was extremely captivating for me as a child).

>>8787767
based anon

>>8791899
She wrote the comics for quite some time before Lars took over in the end.

>>8792386
You will never be this based at life.

>>8791667
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpHDPat7UWw

>>8791514
>Muh privilege

>>8786863
bitter cuck spotted

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>>8788438
RRRREEEE why some cancer magazine has to be put everywhere?

best by the best by rewiev of the timesCANCER fuck

it devalues a book with its name printed on the cover, but it cannot devalue it purely, but it just fucks the pure senses up

>>8796230
I agree, at least is not a big golden circle hidding half of the cover, that annoys me so much.

>>8796230
>rewiev

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>>8787800
They're very good.

The Moomins are great.

The real holy war is between the adaptations.
http://moomin.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Moomin_TV_Shows

I recommend the Polish stop-motion version. The Comet story comes across as forlornly apocalyptic in the hands of the Poles.

>>8791514
Because being able to hold down a blue collar job and take your boss's cock in your ass aren't pre-requisites for being the master race.

Piss-for-blood.

>>8798170
I only ever watched the japanese production, but it was fucking great, especially when they're all speaking swedish with a finnish accent.

Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa papapa, ma ma ma ma ma ma ma mamama, pa pa papapa, ma ma mamama ma, ja de e mumin...

>>8798292
There really is a Swede Finnish accent?

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>>8788438
>professor fortran's encyclopedia

>>8798805
It's the most beautiful variant of Swedish.

>>8798831
For example?

>>8798805
There is fennoswedish swedish, and just plain swedish spoken by a finnish-speaker, I don't know which one they spoke, or if they're even different.
>>8799019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tio_ZmHf4Y
here's the swedish intro

i'm sure you can find episodes if you search a bit too

but he's right, finlandssvenska is very lovely

>>8799124
They're a bit different. Finland Swedish is a dialect of Swedish and has it's very own characteristics. A Finnish person speaking Swedish is just someone with an accent. They sound slightly similar though.

>>8799511
>has it's very own

*has its very own

>>8798819
nice that someone recognized it

>>8798831
jaaG --- jaaG eer pök

>>8799895
thats kind of hot
I completely understand why my ancestors were dominated by swedes, Finland wasn't won with war and crusades, but rather with lusty and stern blonde women