Bye bye January

[flemmings]

Lord, that was a month. And by month, I mean 'less than a week.' Though to be fair, it's been cold and snow since mid-month, but last week outdid them all.

However, Moominland Midwinter was indeed the quintessence of this last January, and so in its way was Moominvalley in November. Now that I'm reading Moominpappa at Sea, I realize the reason I liked those other two books so much was largely the absence of Moomins, and specifically of Moominpappa.

Comments

[incandescens]

Nothing in his life / became him like the leaving of it?

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Him being January? Didn't even end on a high note, just me slipping and falling into (fortunately) deep snow.

[incandescens]

I was thinking Moominpappa, but January works too.

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Moominpappa hasn't left anything so far, or rather, we're forced to travel with him.

[incandescens]

Ah, my misunderstanding. It has been a while since I read those books.

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

It's been barely two months since I did, and I recall nothing of the ones I read before last Sunday.

[incandescens]

Not exactly a recommendation.

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Highly episodic books are like that. And Jansson is a low-key writer.