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The prophets of Eternal Fjord / Kim Leine ; translated from the Danish by Martin Aitken.
"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
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- ISBN: 9780871406712 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 0871406713 (hbk.)
- Physical Description: 562 pages ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2015]
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| General Note: | Translation of: Profeterne i Evighedsfjorden. "A novel"--Jacket. |
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| Subject: | Clergy > Fiction. Missions > Fiction. Greenland > History > 18th century > Fiction. |
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"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"--
