{"product_id":"the-true-deceiverbooks","title":"The True Deceiver","description":"\u003cp\u003eA New York Review Books Original\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Best Translated Book Award\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeception—the lies we tell ourselves and the lies  we tell others—is the subject of this, Tove Jansson’s most unnerving and unpredictable  novel. Here Jansson takes a darker look at the subjects that animate the best of  her work, from her sensitive tale of island life, \u003ci\u003eThe Summer Book\u003c\/i\u003e, to her famous  Moomin stories: solitude and community, art and life, love and hate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSnow has been  falling on the village all winter long. It covers windows and piles up in front of  doors. The sun rises late and sets early, and even during the day there is little  to do but trade tales. This year everybody’s talking about Katri Kling and Anna Aemelin.  Katri is a yellow-eyed outcast who lives with her simpleminded brother and a dog  she refuses to name. She has no use for the white lies that smooth social intercourse,  and she can see straight to the core of any problem. Anna, an elderly children’s  book illustrator, appears to be Katri’s opposite: a respected member of the village,  if an aloof one. Anna lives in a large empty house, venturing out in the spring to  paint exquisitely detailed forest scenes. But Anna has something Katri wants, and  to get it Katri will take control of Anna’s life and livelihood. By the time spring  arrives, the two women are caught in a conflict of ideals that threatens to strip  them of their most cherished illusions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jansson, Tove","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Classics)","offer_id":44010245783776,"sku":"","price":10.17,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_b7515dac-3e91-494f-862c-964e6d8f5c71.jpg?v=1683905562","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/the-true-deceiverbooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}