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Thread #86460 Message #1609192
Posted By: Deckman
19-Nov-05 - 07:48 PM
Thread Name: BS: Books You've Read More Than Once
Subject: RE: BS: Books You've Read More Than Once
Rapaire ...For Inglish translations of "the Kalavala," I've found the 'Peabody' to be the best, although it is the least poetic. And poetry is so much of these tales. The "Peabody" translation was done in Indiana in 1976, as I recall ... but I'm tired and I might not overly accurate now.
My dim memory says that "The Kalavede" was written by (translated?) by an American author named "George Goble." (I hope I'm accurate here).
These stories were my late Father's bedtime stories. They were always held up, by my Finnish Grandmother, as the example to follow.