Table of Contents
Introduction 7
"I do so wonder about the future" 11
Letters To the Family 1932-1933
"I think about you all the time" 23
Letters to the Family 1938-1939
"I am never alone when I talk to you" 97
Letters to Eva Konikoff 1941-1967
"I can see the ideas growing like trees straight through you" 255
Letters to Atos Wirtanen 1943-1971
"Under the names of Tofslan and Vifslan" 277
Letters to Vivica Bandler 1946-1976
"Do we really appreciate how lucky we are … ?" 327
Letters to Tuulikki Pietilä 1946-1976
"Dearest Ham" 405
Letters to Signe Hammarsten Jansson 1959-1967
"A letter that you burn - please! - is better than talking" 421
Letters to Maya Vanni 1957-1983
"So just conceivably another book" 471
Letters to Ake Runnquist 1965-1988
Sources/credits 488
Index 489