I think what I missed most was the side characters, like Snufkin and Snorkmaiden and Too-Ticky, and all the other little creatures that filled up Moominvalley. Almost fifty years after first reading this book, I am bowled over by how well Jansson captures both the midlife crisis and depression and therefore amazed that the book, despite such adult themes, still spoke to me all those years ago. In my opinion, Tove Jannson is the best children's author who ever lived and one of the ten greatest authors of the twentieth century. Besides the Moomin novels and short stories, Tove Jansson also wrote and illustrated four original and highly popular picture books.

Moominpappa yearns to make a fresh start, to find a rocky island and lighthouse where he’ll feel alert and important again.Men jag saknar ändå äventyrligheten och det fridfulla som får ta större plats i de andra Mumin-böckerna. The book is notable for its introspective and contemplative tone, which is in contrast to the other books found within the Moomin series.

It's rather lonely at first, but it isn't long before the Moomins discover some funny and surprising new things about themselves. Moominsummer Madness is the transitional work and Moominpappa At Sea is the best of the later works. I'm not really sure they were at all what I was expecting when I started and often find myself not overly impressed about one thing or another. Moominpappa is dissatisfied with his life in Moomin Valley, so he organises the family to set off on a journey to find a lighthouse in the sea.And let us not forget that Mamma is so quietly unsettled by life in the lighthouse that she paints herself into the walls . As the cherry on the top, Moomintroll came to form a strange relationship, a little scary one covered with shades of pity, with Groke. Tatuś Muminka i morze" nie jest wesołą historią o okrąglutkich trollach, dla mnie była momentami nawet przygnębiająca. The books all have a moral core which is accepting individual idiosyncrasies while at the same time feeling that there is a sense of appropriateness to things.

However, I feel that Moominpappa at Sea should be particularly appreciated by adults, while maintaining the sense of wonder that has made these books beloved by generations of kids.Little My likes it, as it's dangerous and full of secrets and she likes that everyone is miserable - she positively lives off schadenfreude. When Moominmamma had cleared away, she put the hurricane lamp on the table and said"I remember hearing once that some lighthouses use gas.