The Complete and Original Norwegian Folktales of Asbj
A new, definitive English translation of the celebrated story collection regarded as a landmark of Norwegian literature and cultureThe extraordinary folktales collected by Peter Christen Asbj rnsen…
Specifikacia The Complete and Original Norwegian Folktales of Asbj
A new, definitive English translation of the celebrated story collection regarded as a landmark of Norwegian literature and cultureThe extraordinary folktales collected by Peter Christen Asbj rnsen and J rgen Moe began appearing in Norway in 1841. Over the next two decades the publication of subsequent editions under the title Norske folkeeventyr made the names Asbj rnsen and Moe synonymous with Norwegian storytelling traditions. Tiina Nunnally's vivid translation is the first new English translation in more than 150 years--and the first ever to include all sixty original tales.Magic and myth inhabit these pages in figures both familiar and strange. Giant trolls and talking animals are everywhere. The winds take human form. A one-eyed old woman might seem reminiscent of the Norse god Odin. We meet sly aunts, resourceful princesses, and devious robbers. The