A Finnish Writer’s Portrait of American Loneliness
- Posted on February 10, 2025
- By The Atlantic
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A Finnish Writer’s Portrait of American Loneliness
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Tove Jansson returned from a U.S. trip with a new perspective on home—and an enduring novel about American loneliness. @lequincampe
on how the creator of the Moomins broke into fiction for adults: