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Afternoon Reading: Tove Jansson - Travelling Light

Afternoon Reading: Tove Jansson - Travelling Light: Episode 1: Shopping

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Tove Jansson - Travelling Light

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Emily goes shopping at five in the morning. Even as June approaches, it is getting darker.

4 Extra Debut. Emily goes shopping at five in the morning. But although June approaches, outside it is getting darker. Read by Claire Rushbrook.

At five in the morning, Emily makes her shopping forays. But although June approaches, outside it is getting darker. 

The writer and artist Tove Jansson is best known as the creator of the Moomin stories, which were first published in English sixty years ago and have remained in print ever since. She turned her attention to writing for adults when she was in her fifties. 

With the deceptively light prose that is her hallmark, 'Travelling Light' reveals to us the precariousness of a journey and the unease we feel at being placed outside of our milieu.

Translated by Silvester Mazzarella
Reader: Claire Rushbrook

Produced by Karen Rose
A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4.

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