Prophets of Eternal Fjord A Novel [Hardcover]

In compelling detail, Leine recounts the struggles of this flawed shepherd of tough and resistant souls&. A seamless translation of an award-winning novel.A pensive, provocative, altogether extraordinary novel of a small-scale clash of cultures and its tragic consequences. Leine, who won the Nordic Council Literature Prize for this elegant epic, is a poet of Arctic places, conjuring just the right descriptions with economical prose.Leine balances his exploration of colonial destruction with touching moments of human connection and intimacy. Epic in sweep and noteworthy for its large cast of skillfully drawn characters, this is a lush, brave book about idealism and faith.[This is truly an original and incredible achievement, a majestic story set in an impenetrable country&A gripping, well-composed, moving and carefully planned novel&A milestone, a masterpiece.[A] magnificent novel; one shields oneself from the fire and huddles up against the ice.The stark richness of Kim Leine's Greenland holds reader as firmly as character, scrabbling for a hope in a time and place that refuses to give it, showing us more of our own world than we might expect to find on these long-ago shores and in such sharp relief we cannot look away.By turns achingly beautiful and woefully tragic, noble and grotesque, Leine guides the reader with a sure hand through treacherous sea voyages, the hardships of colony life, starvation, cold, great fires in which it seems the world will end, and the utter bafflement of human souls simply trying to find their way through life. Dense with historical detail that never overwhelms the myriad characters that populate it, this historical fiction earns the word epic from its very first page.Winner of the Danish Golden Lauren Award