Tove Jansson's Novel <em>Fair Play</em>

The Leonard Lopate Show | Mar 18, 2011

Sophia Jansson, niece of Finish writer Tove Jansson, and translator Thomas Teal talk about the new translation of Tove Jansson’s novel Fair Play. It tells the story of the intertwined lives of Mari and Jonna—a writer and an artist—who live at opposite ends of a big apartment building.

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