For the first time, the painter fell in love with a sculpture. Of a woman's buttocks! Read by Indira Varma.

Creator of the Moomins, Tove Jansson, a Swedish-speaking Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author is one of the most successful children writers ever. In her debut collection published in 1971 she tells of what we experience in youth, love, getting older and dying.

Translated into English by Thomas Teal. Producer Karen Rose. Executive producer Jeremy Osborne.

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