By the Fire

These
stories, collected by the Danish artist and ethnographer Emilie Demant Hatt
(1873-1958) during her travels in the early twentieth century among the nomadic
Sami in Swedish Sapmi, grant entry to a fascinating world of wonder and peril,
of nature imbued with spirits, and strangers to be outwitted with gumption and
craft. This first English publication of By the Fire is at once a
significant contribution to the canon of world literature, a unique glimpse
into Sami culture, and a testament to the enduring art of storytelling.
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