The Woman Who Borrowed Memories: Selected Stories First Second and Spencer (otherwise known as

and Spencer (otherwise known as the BATS

Through their travels

And before Vi can ask Orsino to the dance

With flame-red hair and an unstoppable imagination

Open this book (if you dare) to encounter a frightful horde of sepia-toned spooks — witches

The Woman Who Borrowed Memories: Selected Stories First Second and Spencer (otherwise known asAn NYRB Classics Original Tove Jansson was a master of brevity, unfolding worlds at a touch. Her art flourished in small settings, as can be seen in her bestselling novel The Summer Book and in her internationally celebrated cartoon strips and books about the Moomins. It is only natural, then, that throughout her life she turned again and again to the short story. The Woman Who Borrowed Memories is the first extensive selection of Janssons stories to