{"product_id":"the-story-of-kullervo-paperback","title":"The Story of Kullervo - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJ. R. R. Tolkien\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eVerlyn Flieger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Shows how Finnish mythology and folk tales were instrumental to how Tolkien created his own legendarium.\"--\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Kullervo, son of Kalervo, is perhaps the darkest and most tragic of all J.R.R. Tolkien's characters. \"Hapless Kullervo,\" as Tolkien called him, is a luckless orphan boy with supernatural powers and a tragic destiny. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Brought up in the homestead of the dark magician Untamo, who killed his father, kidnapped his mother, and tried three times to kill him when he was still a boy, Kullervo is alone save for the love of his twin sister, Wanona, and the magical powers of the black dog Musti, who guards him. When Kullervo is sold into slavery he swears revenge on the magician, but he will learn that even at the point of vengeance there is no escape from the cruelest of fates. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tolkien himself said that \u003cem\u003eThe Story of Kullervo\u003c\/em\u003e was \"the germ of my attempt to write legends of my own,\" and was \"a major matter in the legends of the First Age.\" Tolkien's Kullervo is the clear ancestor of Túrin Turambar, the tragic incestuous hero of \u003cem\u003eThe Silmarillion\u003c\/em\u003e. Published with the author's drafts, notes, and lecture essays on its source work, the \u003cem\u003eKalevala\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Story of Kullervo \u003c\/em\u003eis a foundation stone in the structure of Tolkien's invented world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A fascinating read.\"--NPR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJ.R.R. TOLKIEN (1892-1973) is the creator of Middle-earth and author of such classic and extraordinary works of fiction as \u003ci\u003eThe Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Silmarillion.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVERLYN FLIEGER, Ph.D., is retired from the University of Maryland as professor emerita in the department of English, where her specialties were the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and comparative mythology. Her publications include \u003ci\u003eTolkien on Fairy-Stories\u003c\/i\u003e with Douglas A. Anderson, and \u003ci\u003eGreen Suns and Fa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eë\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003erie: Essays on J.R.R. Tolkien\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 08, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756603212064,"sku":"9780544947245","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d3c24bd5b0d4147d99a773619afc968e.webp?v=1780081974","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-story-of-kullervo-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}