Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Otava Publishing Company
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9789511101376ISBN:9511101374
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Dust jacket has heavy edgewear, wrinkling at spine ends, several short nicks along edges. Previous owner's address stamp and a boldly written gift inscription on front free-endpaper (inscription is written by a previous owner! NOT the editor). Translated by Eino Friberg. Editing and Introduction by George C. Schoolfield. Illustrated by Bjorn Landstrom. Illustrations are in b&w and color. Not a former library copy. read more
Edition: First Edition Thus
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Otava Publishing Company Ltd.
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9789511101376ISBN:9511101374
Description: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 9511101374. An Ex-library copy with restrained markings. Illustrated by Bjorn Landstrom. Front pocket carefully removed leaving glue spots and slight wrinkly to front free endpaper. several small brown spotted stains to inside front and front free endpaper. Carefully erased stamp on title page, and remains of library stamp to page top edges. NO OTHER LIBRARY MARKS. Tan burlap covered boards with elaborate gilt and brown designs. Barely a trace of shelf wear ... read more
Edition: F Apparent First Edition
Binding: H Cloth
Publisher: PTava Publishing Company, LTD., Helsinki
Date Published: 1988
Description: Landstrom, Bjorn. Good+ in J Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall 408pp. English verse translation by Eino Friberg. Internally clean in edgeworn d.j. P.o.n. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Otava, Helsinki
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9789511101376ISBN:9511101374
Description: Landström, Björn. Near Fine/Very Good. Royal 8vo 9511101374 408 pp. Numerous illustrations, some color plates. Clean, tight binding. Near Fine. DJ shows light edge wear and a few small tears. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Otava Pub Co., Helsinki
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9789511101376ISBN:9511101374
Description: Very Good in Very Good Jacket. The Kalevala is the collection of the major folktales and stories of the Finnish people, here collected by Elias Lonnrot (1802-1884) and translated into English, illustrated in full page color by Bjorn Landstrom. It is also the shaper of the Finnish language, as Luther's Bible was in Germany and the King James Bible was in England. Here are 50 tales in 407 impeccably clean, white unmarked pages. Book in strong, straight binding, no loose or missing or marked up ... read more
Description: Very Good. 9511101374 dust jacket front edge has tiny tear only/ light shelf wear / edge wear cover / pages very good condition//"Buy with Confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed! Customer Service Makes All the Difference. " read more
"Finnish epic with creation tales unlike any mythology in Europe or the world. A must for Tolkien fans as well. This was a primary influence on J.R.R."
"Good and lively translation. Attempts something equivalent to the metre, which is syllabic; this can become a little tiresome but when read for the narrative becomes less so.
Includes modernisms, like a Rocky Horror Show reference as an equivalent bad guy image. I'm also intrigued by this reference to fisherman like ploughmen, their boat's wake like ploughed land. This is an image central to the poetry of George MacKay Brown. The question is, did GMB get if from the Kalevala, or is this translator using GMB's image?
And what on earth is the Sampa???
Get the impression with the storylines here that we are reading(!) a shadow of long submerged stories. They feel known to us because they are submerged in other classic books too, like the different versions of Gilgamesh, Iliad."
"I myself am a Finn, and therefore have always wanted to read this book. I have now read it both in English and Finnish, and discovered it as an enjoyable piece of work. As an epic, it is certainly not the best, but as a story, it it one of the most fun. Also, the names are great fun (Väinämöinen, Lemminkäinen, Ilmarinen, &c.)."
"This is the book that introduced me to the wonderful mythology of the Finnish peoples. It was only after I read this book (which I found in the children's section of my hometown library)that I went on to read the Kalevala from which this book gets its material. However, I am glad I read this book first because it prepared me for the more difficult task of reading the Kalevala. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in the great northern myths as well as lovers of mythology in general. It's a great book that both children and adults can enjoy. How often does that happen?"
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