Michel the Giant: An African in Greenland

Michel the Giant: An African in Greenland - Tété-Michel Kpomassie

Brand: Penguin Classics | Status: Còn hàng

350.000₫

" I stumbled across this book and am very glad I did. Not only is it a well written, often humorous exploration into a country and people that I knew very little about, but it's even more interesting than the vast majority of 'explorer' genre books as the author is from Togo, Africa - rather than Europe or North America.This gives the reader a double dose of insight; we get all the fasicnating observations of an outsider encountering and literally living amongst the native Greenlanders, but we also get these observations from a different angle than we're used to..." - Amazon Customer Reviews

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A gripping account of one man's ten year expedition from a village in West Africa to the Arctic Circle

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 Michel's adventures are inspiring and eye opening; I was amazed to hear how liberal the Greenlanders are when it comes to sex, and it was also heartwarming to hear of how hospitable they were to Michel, offering him not just their homes, but even their beds. 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.