{"product_id":"kalevala-paperback","title":"Kalevala - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElias Lonnrot\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKalevala is the poetic name for Finland: 'the land of heroes'. Here you'll find the cultural essence of a young country but an old land, the stories, songs and poems that recount the mythical adventures of humankind. Ambition, lust, romance, birth and death can all be found within its pages, as well as the sampo, a mysterious talisman that brings great happiness to its possessor and over which great battles will be fought. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HORATIO CLARE\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElias Lönnrot \u003c\/b\u003ewas a Finnish country doctor born in 1802. During twenty years spent working in a remote part of eastern Finland, Lönnrot collected fragments of folk tales and poetry which he believed formed a continuous epic. He undertook eleven field trips on a quest to gather as much material as he could, partly funded by the Finnish Literary Society, of which he was a founding member. The result was the \u003ci\u003eKalevala\u003c\/i\u003e, first published in 1835. Lönnrot continued to collect material, eventually bringing out the version we know today in 1849. It consists of 22,795 verses, divided into fifty songs. Lönnrot most likely merged similar variants and stitched fragments together with his own words. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLönnrot became a professor of Finnish language and literature at the University of Helsinki in 1853. His work paved the way for the development of modern Finnish literature and promoted Finnish as the national language over Swedish. From 1866 he worked on the fourteen-year-long task of compiling the first Finnish-Swedish dictionary which contained over 200,000 entries. Many of the translations were coined by Lönnrot himself. He died in 1884. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHoratio Clare is the bestselling author of numerous books including the memoirs \u003ci\u003eRunning for the Hills\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTruant \u003c\/i\u003eand the travel books \u003ci\u003eA Single Swallow\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDown to the Sea in Ships, Orison for a Curlew, Icebreaker \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Light in the Dark.\u003c\/i\u003e His books for children include \u003ci\u003eAubrey and the Terrible Yoot\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAubrey and the Terrible Ladybirds. \u003c\/i\u003eHoratio's essays and reviews appear on BBC radio and in the\u003ci\u003e Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e Observer\u003c\/i\u003e and the\u003ci\u003e Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. He lives with his family in West Yorkshire.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 704\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 7.7 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 26, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48433144889593,"sku":"9781784873042","price":21.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/wt3dqKgkwp9781784873042.webp?v=1779519259","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/kalevala-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}