The canine national epic, a thirlling adventure, an heroic tale in the true Kunnas' style.
A delightful large size chjildren's book full of wonderful color illustrations.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fun book...but $120!,
By MDMike "mdmikemd" (United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Canine Kalevala (Hardcover)
The Kalevala is the national story of Finland. My wife is Finnish, so that should explain my knowledge of the book. Mauri Kunnas takes many Finnish stories and replaces the human characters with dogs. He also condenses an 800 page book into something that can be read in one night. I read the English language version, but there are Finnish versions also.
It's a great book, but don't pay these prices! If you're interested in this book, you're probably Finnish and hopefully you know someone in Finland. Write them, e-mail them, heck, it's even cheaper to FedEx a letter. Ask them to send you a copy. It costs about $20 in Finland and shipping should cost a couple of bucks.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A retelling of the Finnish epic for children that will prove a lot of fun for adults as well,
This review is from: The Canine Kalevala (Hardcover)
THE CANINE KALEVALA is a retelling of the Finnish national epic by children's author Mauri Kunnas featuring, as so often, dogs and cats in the roles. The English translation is by Tim Steffa. Kunnas depicts most of the Kalevala's plot where its characters seek the Sampo, though it opens with the confrontation between Joukahainen and Vainamoinen. There are some changes to make this more suitable for small children -- the attempted of Aino by Vainamoinen and her suicide is reversed, with Aino pursuing the unwilling old wizard. The womanizing of the smith is of course not part of the book. This is an adorable little production. Kunnas' art has a great deal of detail, allowing children to discover something new each time they read. There's considerable inventiveness in Kunnas' "canine versions" of some of Akseli Gallen-Kallela's classic paintings.
My main complaint is that the binding of the Otava volume that is currently in print (ISBN 9511124420) is not terribly strong and might not withstand too frequent reading by your child.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Canine Kalevala by Mauri Kunnas,
This review is from: The Canine Kalevala (Hardcover)
One of Mauri Kunnas' best books! Illustration is well known Kunnas: loads of funny details, humourus characters and skillfull colouring with watercolour. Picture sizes vary from full centerfold to small images picturing the story. Stories give easy access to the Finnish national epic and presents the most important stories of it. For readers already familiar with the original Kalevala, the Canine Kalevala gives a comparison where to spot similarities and small differences. And Kunnas has an explanation for the dog-cat-mistrust still seen with present pets.
I agree it's pretty expensive, but in my opinion worth of the money... it's out of print even in Finland!
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