01831cam a2200433 4500 1022508167 TxAuBib 20160425120000.0 151230s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2015-042718 9780544706262 trade 0544706269 trade DLC eng DLC ICrlF TxAuBib Tolkien, J. R. R, 1892-1973, (John Ronald Reuel.) Kalevala English. The story of Kullervo / by J.R.R. Tolkien ; edited by Verlyn Flieger. Kullervo. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016. xxiii, 168 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Based on "Kalevala.". Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-168). Publisher's Weekly, February 2016. Booklist, April 2016. Kirkus Review, February 2016. Bklst 04/01/2016. LJ 11/15/2015. PW 02/15/2016. Kirkus 02/01/2016. "Hapless Kullervo," as Tolkien called him, is a luckless orphan boy with supernatural powers and a tragic destiny. 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. Adult. 20160418. Revenge Fiction. Young men Fiction. Magicians Fiction. Slavery fiction. Fantasy fiction. Flieger, Verlyn, 1933-, ed. TXNES