Michel the Giant: An African in Greenland (Penguin Modern Classics)
Michel the Giant: An African in Greenland (Penguin Modern Classics)
The gripping true story of one man's ten year expedition from a village in West Africa to the Arctic Circle
WITH A NEW AFTERWORD BY THE AUTHOR
Scorching heat, rich, fertile soil, and treacherous snakes marked the landscape in which Tété-Michel grew up in 1950s Togo, West Africa. When he discovered a book on Greenland as a teen, this distant land became an instant obsession - he was determined to journey to the place these pages had revealed to him and embarked on the adventure of a lifetime.
A book of rich and immersive travel writing, Michel the Giant invites the reader to journey alongside an audacious Kpomassie as he makes his way from the equator to the bitter cold of the artic and settles into life with the Inuit peoples, adapting to their foods and customs. Part memoir, part anthropological observation this captivating narrative teems with nuanced observations on community, belonging and the universality of human experience.
This title has been previously published as An African in Greenland ASIN: 0241554535 VSKU: PKV.0241554535.G Condition: Good Author/Artist:Kpomassie, Tété-Michel Binding: Paperback Note: Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown. Condition Notes: A well-loved companion. Corners and cover might show a little wear, and you could find some notes or highlights. The dust jacket might be MIA, it might have been a library book and extras aren't guaranteed—but the story's all there!
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The gripping true story of one man's ten year expedition from a village in West Africa to the Arctic Circle
WITH A NEW AFTERWORD BY THE AUTHOR
Scorching heat, rich, fertile soil, and treacherous snakes marked the landscape in which Tété-Michel grew up in 1950s Togo, West Africa. When he discovered a book on Greenland as a teen, this distant land became an instant obsession - he was determined to journey to the place these pages had revealed to him and embarked on the adventure of a lifetime.
A book of rich and immersive travel writing, Michel the Giant invites the reader to journey alongside an audacious Kpomassie as he makes his way from the equator to the bitter cold of the artic and settles into life with the Inuit peoples, adapting to their foods and customs. Part memoir, part anthropological observation this captivating narrative teems with nuanced observations on community, belonging and the universality of human experience.
This title has been previously published as An African in Greenland ASIN: 0241554535 VSKU: PKV.0241554535.G Condition: Good Author/Artist:Kpomassie, Tété-Michel Binding: Paperback Note: Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown. Condition Notes: A well-loved companion. Corners and cover might show a little wear, and you could find some notes or highlights. The dust jacket might be MIA, it might have been a library book and extras aren't guaranteed—but the story's all there!
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