181 pages

English language

Published 2009 by New York Review Books.

ISBN:
978-1-59017-329-9
Copied ISBN!
OCLC Number:
316835952

View on OpenLibrary

3 stars (5 reviews)

8 editions

Review of 'True Deceiver' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

My first experience with Tove Jansson was reading Fair Play last year, but for some reason I never wrote a review. I enjoyed the book thoroughly, particularly the relationship between Mari and Jonna. I believe that the novel was autobiographical as it share similarities with the life she shared with Tuulikki Pietilä. I mention Fair Play because The True Deceiver shares similarities but portrays a vastly different relationship between the two women. In the deep winter snow, a young woman fakes a break-in of an elderly artist in order to persuade her that she needs companionship. A novel of both deception and friendship, The True Deceiver is a chilling tale of an unorthodox friendship.

This is a quiet little novel of two social outcasts who develop a relationship in the most unconventional way. The book explores the idea of finding truth behind deception. Katri convinces the rich illustrator Anna to …

Subjects

  • Deception -- Fiction
  • Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
  • Recluses -- Fiction
  • Country life -- Fiction
  • Winter -- Fiction
  • Sweden -- Fiction