An African in Greenland

An African in Greenland
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Publisher : New York Review of Books
Total Pages : 324
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ISBN-10 : 0940322889
ISBN-13 : 9780940322882
Rating : 4/5 (89 Downloads)

Book Synopsis An African in Greenland by : Tété-Michel Kpomassie

Download or read book An African in Greenland written by Tété-Michel Kpomassie and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2001-10-31 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tété-Michel Kpomassie was a teenager in Togo when he discovered a book about Greenland—and knew that he must go there. Working his way north over nearly a decade, Kpomassie finally arrived in the country of his dreams. This brilliantly observed and superbly entertaining record of his adventures among the Inuit is a testament both to the wonderful strangeness of the human species and to the surprising sympathies that bind us all.


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