But Anna has something Katri wants, and to get it Katri will take control of Anna’s life and livelihood. Anna lives in a large empty house, venturing out in the spring to paint exquisitely detailed forest scenes. Anna, an elderly children’s book illustrator, appears to be Katri’s opposite: a respected member of the village, if an aloof one. She has no use for the white lies that smooth social intercourse, and she can see straight to the core of any problem. Katri is a yellow-eyed outcast who lives with her simpleminded brother and a dog she refuses to name. This year everybody’s talking about Katri Kling and Anna Aemelin. The sun rises late and sets early, and even during the day there is little to do but trade tales. It covers windows and piles up in front of doors. "Snow has been falling on the village all winter long. The English translation was first published in the UK by Sort of Books, then in the US through NYRB Classics, an imprint of The New York Review of Books.
The novel was first published in 1982 by Schildts Förlags Ab, Finland. It was translated into English by Thomas Teal and won the Best Translated Book Award in 2011. "The Honest Deceiver") is a novel by Finnish-Swedish author Tove Jansson. The True Deceiver (1982 Swedish: Den ärliga bedragaren, lit.
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