Bonus #13 Valentina Brullo

Valentina has a unique pathway into the Moomins. She experienced just one story: The Moomins and the Great Flood, as an audiobook as a child. She never knew there were any other Moomin stories, or even any illustrations. She only found the books as an adult, after years of treasuring the one weird little fable that most of the rest of the fandom didn't even know existed.

We talk about the absence of Moominpappa in the Flood, and the unequal ways in which the parents in these stories are treated. Also, some little gems from the German translation regarding Sniff, or, as he is known in this story, the Little Creature. Valentina makes her own Moomin merch, like previous guest Mary did, and we've put pictures of all that on the social media for this episode.

She recommends The Wind in the Willows, especially if you're a German speaker and can get your hands on the audiobook read by Harry Rowohlt; Down to A Sunless Sea; and she would like to point you all in the direction of her friend's art instagram.