Moominvalley in November (Moomins Fiction)

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Everything had withered and died, but right down on the ground the late autumn’s secret garden was growing with great vigour straight out of the mouldering earth, a strange vegetation of shiny puffed-up plants that had nothing at all to do with summer. Instead, Tove Jansson let the values of the Moomin family be adapted by other creatures left in Moominvalley, who are trying to live as the family used to.

Odjavna pesma finsko-japanskog animea „Mumijevi” u bosanskohercegovačkoj sihronizaciji započinje stihom: „Kad sunce zađe mrak te snađe” - neočekivano melanholično za odjavnu špicu crtanog filma o veselom životu i nežnim priključenijima trolova koji nalikuju na nilske konje (ne, oni nisu nilski konji, postoji čitava jedna epizoda posvećena ovom problemu). The book may be viewed as a "textbook on letting go, being a mature orphan, existing spiritually alone [1]. Snusmumrikas apskritai sunkiai ištveria bet kokią draugiją ir, suaugėliškai kalbant, bėga nuo realybės ir savęs.and sent them off on a French exchange in the final novel, focusing instead on the adventures of Filch, Winky the house elf and a new pupil based on herself. Unfortunately the paper they used was quite thin so the print on one side shows through to the other, which is a dissapointing skimp on their part. They sleep through the winter and when spring comes they wake and clamber down rope ladders hanging from their windows, ready for a bright new adventure.

I could definitely relate to this one around the age of 12, although when I re-read it as an adult, it made more sense. 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. Like Moominpappa at Sea, the work is more somber in tone than previous books in the series, and it has been suggested that this is a direct result of the death of Jansson's mother, Signe Hammarsten-Jansson, during the year that it was written. 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.The story appears to run concurrently with the events seen in the previous novel, Moominpappa at Sea (an equally bleak sort of a book). Moominvalley in November (Swedish: Sent i november Literally: "Late in November") is the eleventh in the series of Tove Jansson's Moomin books and the ninth and final novel, published in 1970. Somehow the uptight dowager manages to be one of the most sympathetic characters in all of Moominvalley. I am glad I read this final book eventually but will probably not revisit and prefer to think of the Moomins continuing their lives happily in Moominvalley. One of Jansson's illustrations from the book, depicting (from left to right), Mymble, Grandpa-Grumble, Toft, Snufkin and the Hemulen watching the Fillyjonk's shadow puppet show.

Because of this, it has been described as being a "textbook on letting go, being a mature orphan, existing spiritually alone" [1] and features a young orphan looking for a mother as one of its primary characters.In her last, most profound and poignant Moomin story, Jansson explores themes of loss, legacy and hope.

Apsurdne situacije i egzistencijalističke teme (gubitak, besmisao, irealni strahovi, zaborav, starost, stvaralaštvo, samoća, izolovanost) i motiv čekanja navode negde da se „Novembar u Dolini Mumijevih” posmatra kao neka vrsta „Čekajući Godoa” za decu. Secondly is Fillyjonk, a woman who is usually obsessed with everything being neat and tidy, but who has an epiphany after suffering an accident and decides to "see people. Normally, this would lead to a quest story to find the family, but in his case, the Moomins are just away on a trip, and the other characters must learn to solve their problems without them. Since Farrar, Straus and Giroux began reissuing the books in 1989, grateful readers old and new have been thrilled to have the stories available again.It’s a time for protecting and securing things and for making sure you’ve got in as many supplies as you can. U svakom slučaju, pesma je bila dovoljno upečatljiva da većina milenijalaca koji su odrasli uz ovaj anime u Bosni i Hercegovini, Srbiji i Crnoj Gori (ne znam čija je sihronizacija išla u Hrvatskoj), uglavnom seriju pamte po tim molskim stihovima na kraju i, naravno, po strahu koji je izazivala Groka.