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The prophets of Eternal Fjord / Kim Leine ; translated from the Danish by Martin Aitken.
Van Pelt Library PT8177.22.E47 P7613 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leine, Kim, 1961- author.
- Standardized Title:
- Profeterne i Evighedsfjorden. English
- Language:
- Danish
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Clergy--Fiction.
- Clergy.
- History.
- Missions.
- Greenland.
- Missions--Fiction.
- Greenland--History--18th century--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 562 pages ; 25 cm
- Other Title:
- Eternal Fjord
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2015]
- Summary:
- "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 unremittingly harsh winters, Sukkertoppen is simmering with the threat of dissent: natives from neighboring villages have unified 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 compromised"-- Provided by publisher
- Notes:
- Translation of: Profeterne i Evighedsfjorden.
- "A novel"--Jacket.
- ISBN:
- 9780871406712
- 0871406713
- OCLC:
- 891611178
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