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The Prophets of Eternal Fjord

By (author) Kim Leine Rasmussen
Translated by Martin Aitken
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Atlantic Books, London, United Kingdom
Published: 4th Aug 2016
Dimensions: w 130mm h 200mm d 45mm
Weight: 535g
ISBN-10: 0857897934
ISBN-13: 9780857897930
Barcode No: 9780857897930
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A gorgeous, strange, dark-edged novel that has garlanded critical acclaim throughout Europe and won the prestigious Nordic Council's Literature Prize. Idealistic, misguided Morten Falck is a newly ordained priest sailing to Greenland in 1787 to convert the Inuit to the Danish church. A rugged outpost battered by harsh winters, Sukkertoppen is overshadowed by the threat of dissent; natives from neighboring villages have united to reject Danish rule and establish their own settlement atop Eternal Fjord. As Falck becomes involved with those in his care-his ambitious catechist, a lonely trader's wife, and a fatalistic widow he comes to love-his faith and reputation are dangerously called into question.

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An astonishing, hallucinatory journey into the frozen heart of Denmark's colonial darkness... A fervid, exhilarating evocation of faith versus hypocrisy, empathy versus dislocation and desperate rebellion versus grim destiny, The Prophets of Eternal Fjord is a slow-release depth charge of a novel whose reverberations bear the terrible poignancy of global and timely relevance * Guardian * Superb... A raw, hugely powerful chronicle of lives lived on the edge... The Prophets of Eternal Fjord has a grandeur and a compass that few novels this year will match * Sunday Times * Gripping... A milestone, a masterpiece * Information (Denmark) * The result of this novel is symphonic: politics, history, sexuality, and religion deftly interwoven. The combination is perfectly balanced, fascinating, and irresistible * Le Monde (France) *