About this episode

Eleanor and Alasdair discuss Tove Jansson's 'Comet In Moominland' and explore its themes and characters.

They're soft, they're white, they're somewhere between cute and creepy — it's Eleanor and Alasdair. And for this episode, we read Tove Jansson's 1946 adventure Comet In Moominland (Kometjakten) translated by Elizabeth Portch. We ask, what does it feel like to touch a Moomintroll? How do you pronounce Tove? And is there any better response to environmental catastrophe than baking a cake?

People in this episode

Hosts: Eleanor Morton, Alasdair Beckett-King

Topics covered

• Moomins
• literature
• environmental themes
• adventure
• book discussion

Keywords

• Moomintroll
• Tove Jansson
• Comet In Moominland
• environmental catastrophe
• book review

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Comet In Moominland

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