Moominvalley in November (Moomins Fiction)

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I realize that the Moomin books have been beloved by children and their parents for decades, but I'm having trouble picturing freshly bathed and pajama-clad tots sitting enthralled while Granny reads this passage: And indeed, when Tove Jansson finally has the Moomins’ friends sadly and with disappointment leave one by one to return home without having encountered the Moomins (except of course for Toft who decides to stay put), while to a point Moominvalley in November does end with just a tiny bit of hope that perhaps come springtime, the family will have returned to their valley, there is in my opinion much more of a sense that this will not be the case, that the Moomins are indeed gone for good. When the Hemulen got to the valley it was filled with a fine, drizzling rain. He walked straight into the garden and stopped, with a puzzled look on his face. Something wasn’t right. Everything was the same but somehow not the same. A withered leaf floated down and landed on his nose. How silly, the Hemulen exclaimed. It’s not summer at all. It’s autumn! In some way or another he had always thought of Moominvalley in summer.” Wisoker, Leona. "Tove Jansson, Moominvalley in November". Sunburst Edition. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012 . Retrieved 25 November 2012. Grandpa Grumble encounters The Ancestor, an ancient Moomin living in the stove, whose presence is felt or imagined at times.

Moominvalley in November has been adapted to television once in the 1990 Swedish show Moominvalley, although the character Toft appears in the episodes from the 1990 Japanese anime that adapt Moominpappa at Sea. Godinama kasnije, kada sam prvi put krenuo da čitam serijal knjiga Tuve Janson po kome je nastala animirana serija, uočio sam da je serija, između ostalog, samo delimično pratila melanholični zaokret u veselom tonu, to jest, prvih pet delova serijala su bili nastrani i veseli, da bi od šestog dela ton polako počeo da se okreće u smeru melanholije, sve do mraka u posledenjem delu serijala – „Novembra u Dolini Mumijevih”. Televizijska serija nikad nije ekranizovala poslednji deo, verovatno jer su Japanci mislili da je u njemu sunce prebrzo „zašlo”, a mrak junake previše „snašlo” da bi postao deo dečjag TV serijala, što opet pokazuje koliko je prostor književnosti, posebno kada je u pitanju prostor za decu, mnogo slobodniji nego teren drugih medija. Set in the final days of autumn to the approach of winter, the novels characters are inspired to visit the Moomin family after recalling their previous fond times there. One by one, the group all go to the Moominhouse seeking the Moomin family. The Moomins are gone and, instead, they find one another. There, Toft finds an old microbiology textbook, and misinterpreting it as a story, creates a monster in his imagination, which appears to develop a life of its own. Moominvalley in November ( Swedish: Sent i november, 'Late in November') is the ninth and final book in the Moomin series by Finnish author Tove Jansson, and was first published in her native Swedish in 1970, and in English in 1971. Set contemporaneously with her previous novel Moominpappa at Sea (1965), it is the only installment in the series where the titular Moomin family are actually absent. Instead it focuses on a set of other characters, including Snufkin, who come to live at Moominhouse during the onset of winter whilst its inhabitants are away, and the various interactions which they have with each other.Baigiau Trolių Mumių ciklą. Beveik simboliška: per Kūčias, kai visokie padarėliai prabyla. Užtrukau, nežinau, turbūt daugiau nei dvidešimt metų? Ir dabar jau galiu pasakyti (nors anksčiau irgi sakydavau, bet šįkart dar tvirčiau), kad ir kodėl Tove Jansson yra mano mėgstamiausia rašytoja, kūrusi vaikams. Nors kaip būna su didžiaisiais – jų kūrybai negalioja skaitytojų amžiaus cenzas. The quiet transition from autumn to winter is not a bad time at all. It’s a time for protecting and securing things and for making sure you’ve got in as many supplies as you can. It’s nice to gather together everything you possess as close to you as possible, to store up your warmth and your thoughts and burrow yourself into a deep hole inside, a core of safety where you can defend what is important and precious and your very own. Then the cold and the storms and the darkness can do their worst. They can grope their way up the walls looking for a way in, but they won’t find one, everything is shut, and you sit inside, laughing in your warmth and your solitude, for you have had foresight.” Man regis, o gal tiesiog taip gerai nebeprisimenu kitų, bet paskutinė ciklo knyga yra filosofiškiausia iš visų. Liūdna, melancholiška. Čia šopenhaueris vaikšto su vitgenšteinu ir kierkegoras sutinka heidegerį. Ir sėdi visi, apimti nepakeliamo būties lengvumo. The characters in the story are Snufkin, Mymble, a Fillyjonk, Toft, a Hemulen and Grandpa Grumble. Snufkin is preoccupied with a musical quest. The Fillyjonk has developed an obsession with cleanliness and believes that her home has become overrun with unseen creepy crawlies. Toft is a mysterious small child who has lived under a tarpaulin in Hemulen's boat for as long as he can remember. The Hemulen himself feels it is time for a break from his normal routine. Mymble is sarcastic and long-haired. Grandpa Grumble is happily senile and, as his name would suggest, often grumpy.

When they all arrive, they discover that the Moomin family have left their house, and so they all settle in to wait for their return. Soon, their conflicting personalities begin to cause friction, with the Fillyjonk trying to tell the others what they should do: So indeed, if you as a reader (and like I most definitely do) already think that the penultimate of Tove Jansson’s Moomin novels, that you consider Moominpappa at Sea to be rather annoyingly depressing, then the final novel of the series, then Jansson’s 1970 Sent i november ( Moominvalley in November) where the Moomins friends and acquaintances all travel to Moominvalley for a visit only to find the house deserted and Moomintroll and his parents gone, could easily and likely feel even more so. Here’s an offbeat selection for November. Strangely dark for a children’s book, it’s the last in the Moomins series. Tove Jansson said that after the Second World War she was depressed and wanted to write about something naïve and innocent. She wrote the first book of the Moomins series in 1945, about a family of hippo-like white trolls. The Moomins are well known and loved by many European children, but I suspect this book is more obscure and less lighthearted than the rest. Perhaps Jansson expects her child readers to have grown up with her enough to appreciate a more melancholy story. Kaip puikiai Jansson susitvarko su nuotaikomis! Laiku prisimena ironiją. Nenusisentimentalina. Visada nustebina. Tekstas gyvas, nes nežinai, kas bus toliau, kokia nuotaika užplūs veikėją, kada homsiukas ims ir užriks ant visų, o Filifjonka įsižeis dėl ne taip pasakyto žodžio. As with the best children’s fiction, there is much here to entertain adults. Some of the more sad and wistful passages seem particularly meant for older readers, though there is no reason why children cannot identify with them as well. Here is my favorite:Jansson, Tove. (1974). Moominvalley in November. London: Penguin Books. Chapter Fourteen and Fifteen. In the long, vague dawn as the November night changed to morning, the fog moved in from the sea. It rolled up the hillsides and slid down into the valleys on the other side and filled every corner of them. Ir, aišku, tas absoliučiai savų dėsnių pasaulis, kuriame norisi pasislėpti ir amžinai būti. Ir ta puslapius persmelkusi Paslaptis, kuri pabaigoje, kai homsiukas leidžiasi į Mišką, į slėnio užribį, kai staiga jam dingsta visi vaizdiniai apie muminukus, kai jis lieka tuščias kaip tas muminukų Tėčio stiklinis rutulys... Štai ta Paslaptis ir yra VISKAS, dėl ko aš taip myliu Tove Jansson.