By the Fire

Thesestories, collected by the Danish artist and ethnographer Emilie Demant Hatt(18731958) during her travels in the early twentieth century among the nomadicSami in Swedish Spmi, grant entry to a fascinating world of wonder and peril,of nature imbued with spirits, and strangers to be outwitted with gumption andcraft. This first English publication of By the Fire is at once asignificant contribution to the canon of world literature, a unique glimpseinto Sami culture, and a testament to the enduring art of storytelling.