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Title: An African in Greenland (New York Review Books Classics) by Tete-Michel Kpomassie, James Kirkup, A. Alvarez ISBN: 0940322889 Publisher: New York Review of Books Pub. Date: 09 November, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5
Rating: 5
Summary: wow!
Comment: Kpomassie refreshingly reveals without a trace of romanticisme the widly different world of the Inuits. From espisodes of intense companionship to loneliness, exhalation and revultion, our African traveler describes a frigid landscape populated with a very colorful culture and personalities. Extreemly engaging Tbetbe-Michel Kpomassie's courageous personality charms us and the world he describes.
Rating: 5
Summary: An African in Greenland
Comment: Excellent book about how a person can be self sufficient in achieving their wildest dreams. A word of caution, this book is not for the squeamish. Some of the scenes described in the book may offend a reader not familiar with the customs of the Far North. However, I thought that the book gave me an excellent fresh look at how people live around the world.
Rating: 5
Summary: The fascinating story of a true 20th century adventure
Comment: Modern times mean modern means. Our contemporary adventurers always tote an amazing array of technology with them, or they rely on the backup of millions of dollars worth of equipment. Heading off to the stars eventually will involve the work of thousands of people. We always knew where the first balloonists around the world were, even their altitude. The Vikings never had that advantage, nor did the explorers of the Amazon nor the Micronesians as they sailed across the vast Pacific. Here is a story of a real, one-man adventure that started in the 1960s. A teenager in Togo, West Africa, Kpomassie grew up in an African village family. After a close encounter with a python, he was destined to become a priest in the traditional religion. His destiny was changed, though, the day he found a book on Greenland in a Christian bookshop. Utterly fascinated, he determined to travel to the far north to live with the Eskimos himself. This volume is the wonderful story of how he did it. It took eight years of effort to work his way across Africa to France, then ultimately, to Denmark from where he embarked on a ship to Greenland. Most of the book tells of how he lived, worked, hunted, found romance, ate and drank with the denizens of the frozen north, all told with an African perspective. "...the way we were stuffing ourselves with food and swapping stories reminded me so much of Africa..." (p.118) If "white man looks at the natives and pities them" is not your bag, then this is the perfect antidote. Kpomassie blends in so well, he thinks of staying there for the rest of his life, even learns to eat raw whale meat that splintered like ice in his mouth. You will never find another book like this. Buy it !
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Title: This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland by Gretel Ehrlich ISBN: 0679442006 Publisher: Pantheon Books Pub. Date: 23 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: Hard Travel to Sacred Places by Rudolph Wurlitzer, Ron Suresha ISBN: 1570621179 Publisher: Shambhala Publications Pub. Date: October, 1995 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: God at the Edge: Searching for the Divine in Uncomfortable and Unexpected Places by Niles Elliot Goldstein ISBN: 060980488X Publisher: Crown Pub Pub. Date: 24 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Riders in the Chariot (New York Review Books Classics) by Patrick White, David Malouf ISBN: 1590170024 Publisher: New York Review of Books Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Life of Henry Brulard (New York Review Books Classics) by Stendhal, John Sturrock, Lydia Davis ISBN: 0940322897 Publisher: New York Review of Books Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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