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Colony of Good Hope

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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In the tradition of Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, an immensely powerful historical novel about the first encounters between Danish colonists and Greenlanders in the early eighteenth century, of brutal clashes between priests and pagans and the forces that drive each individual towards darkness or light.1728: The Danish King Fredrik IV sends a governor to Greenland to establish a colony, in the hopes of exploiting the country’s allegedly vast natural resources. A few merchants, a barber-surgeon, two trainee priests, a blacksmith, some carpenters and soldiers and a dozen hastily married couples go with him.The missionary priest Hans Egede has already been in Greenland for several years when the new colonists arrive. He has established a mission there, but the converts are few. Among those most hostile to Egede is the shaman Aappaluttoq, whose own son was taken by the priest and raised in the Christian faith as his own. Thus the great rift between two men, and two ways of life, is born.The newly arrived couples – men and women plucked from prison – quickly sink into a life of almost complete dissolution, and soon unsanitary conditions, illness and death bring the colony to its knees. Through the starvation and the epidemics that beset the colony, Egede remains steadfast in his determination – willing to sacrifice even those he loves for the sake of his mission.Translated from Danish by Martin Aitken, Kim Leine's The Colony of Good Hope explores what happens when two cultures confront one another. In a distant colony, under the harshest conditions, the overwhelming forces of nature meet the vices of man.

Colony of Good Hope

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Häftad, Engelska, 2022

173 kr

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An immensely powerful epic of colonialism, set in 18th-century Greenland, about the great forces of nature, the meeting of cultures and fathers and sons.1728: The doomed Danish King Fredrik IV sends a governor to Greenland to establish a colony, in the hopes of exploiting the country’s allegedly vast natural resources. A few merchants, a barber-surgeon, two trainee priests, a blacksmith, some carpenters and soldiers and a dozen hastily married couples go with him.The missionary priest Hans Egede has already been in Greenland for several years when the new colonists arrive. He has established a mission there, but the converts are few. Among those most hostile Egede is the shaman Aappaluttoq, whose own son was taken by the priest and raised in the Christian faith as his own. Thus the great rift between two men, and two ways of life, is born.The newly arrived couples – composed of men and women plucked from prison – quickly sink into a life of almost complete dissolution, and soon unsanitary conditions, illness and death bring the colony to its knees. Through the starvation and the epidemics that beset the colony, Egede remains steadfast in his determination – willing to sacrifice even those he loves for the sake of his mission.Translated from Danish by Martin Aitken, Kim Leine's The Colony of Good Hope explores what happens when two cultures confront one another. In a distant colony, under the harshest conditions, the overwhelming forces of nature meet the vices of man.

Colony of Good Hope

AvKim Leine

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

133 kr

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'A superb novel . . . A hugely powerful chronicle of lives lived on the edge' - Sunday Times, Books of the YearIn the tradition of Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, an immensely powerful historical novel about the first encounters between Danish colonists and Greenlanders in the early eighteenth century, of brutal clashes between priests and pagans and the forces that drive each individual towards darkness or light.1728: The Danish King Fredrik IV sends a governor to Greenland to establish a colony, in the hopes of exploiting the country’s allegedly vast natural resources. A few merchants, a barber-surgeon, two trainee priests, a blacksmith, some carpenters and soldiers and a dozen hastily married couples go with him.The missionary priest Hans Egede has already been in Greenland for several years when the new colonists arrive. He has established a mission there, but the converts are few. Among those most hostile to Egede is the shaman Aappaluttoq, whose own son was taken by the priest and raised in the Christian faith as his own. Thus the great rift between two men, and two ways of life, is born.The newly arrived couples – men and women plucked from prison – quickly sink into a life of almost complete dissolution, and soon unsanitary conditions, illness and death bring the colony to its knees. Through the starvation and the epidemics that beset the colony, Egede remains steadfast in his determination – willing to sacrifice even those he loves for the sake of his mission.Translated from Danish by Martin Aitken, Kim Leine's The Colony of Good Hope explores what happens when two cultures confront one another. In a distant colony, under the harshest conditions, the overwhelming forces of nature meet the vices of man.

Colony of Good Hope

AvKim Leine

E-bok

Engelska, 2022

181 kr

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'A superb novel . . . A hugely powerful chronicle of lives lived on the edge' - Sunday Times, Books of the YearIn the tradition of Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, an immensely powerful historical novel about the first encounters between Danish colonists and Greenlanders in the early eighteenth century, of brutal clashes between priests and pagans and the forces that drive each individual towards darkness or light.1728: The Danish King Fredrik IV sends a governor to Greenland to establish a colony, in the hopes of exploiting the country’s allegedly vast natural resources. A few merchants, a barber-surgeon, two trainee priests, a blacksmith, some carpenters and soldiers and a dozen hastily married couples go with him.The missionary priest Hans Egede has already been in Greenland for several years when the new colonists arrive. He has established a mission there, but the converts are few. Among those most hostile to Egede is the shaman Aappaluttoq, whose own son was taken by the priest and raised in the Christian faith as his own. Thus the great rift between two men, and two ways of life, is born.The newly arrived couples – men and women plucked from prison – quickly sink into a life of almost complete dissolution, and soon unsanitary conditions, illness and death bring the colony to its knees. Through the starvation and the epidemics that beset the colony, Egede remains steadfast in his determination – willing to sacrifice even those he loves for the sake of his mission.Translated from Danish by Martin Aitken, Kim Leine's The Colony of Good Hope explores what happens when two cultures confront one another. In a distant colony, under the harshest conditions, the overwhelming forces of nature meet the vices of man.

Profeterna vid Evighetsfjorden

AvKim Leine

E-bok

Svenska, 2013

79 kr

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Vinnare av Nordiska rådets litteraturpris 2013!Landet här är djupt inskuret av fjordar, det har sträckt ut en arm och gripit tag i Morten Falck och vridit honom ur havets klor. Och här står han nu och vet inte riktigt vad han ska göra med sitt liv.

Året är 1787 när prästen Morten Falck lämnar Köpenhamn och färdas till Grönland och kolonin Sukkertoppen för att kristna dess odöpta infödingar, som har hängett sig åt kätteri och villoläror. Morten vill genomlysa kolonin med förnuft och upplysning. Men bland grönlänningarna pyr ilskan över de danska missionärernas övergrepp och längre in i landet lurar ett uppror. Boplatsens profeter, Habakuk och Maria Magdalene, är fast beslutna att fördriva den danska kolonialmakten. Det är först i mötet med Grönland och det folk han försöker tämja som Morten möter sitt eget mörker och drabbas av hemlängtan och resignation. Efter att ha färdats över öppet hav och djupt in i de grönländska fjordarna, bevittnat valfångst och straffexpeditioner, återvänder Morten till Köpenhamn. Där tätnar såväl historien som dimstråken över stadens limkokerier, ölbryggerier, textilfabriker och garverier. Vi hör de hårda, rytmiska slagen från ångmaskiner, känner stanken från rännstenen och åser den stora branden som 1795 utplånar stora delar av staden.

Profeterna vid Evighetsfjorden är en storslagen historisk roman om grönländarnas frihetskamp, skriven i Tolstojs anda och redan omtalad som en klassiker bland litteraturkritiker. Den bygger på verkliga händelser och upplysningstidens påtagliga kulturkrock mellan grönländarna och danskarna.

Punainen mies, musta mies

AvKim Leine

E-bok

Finska, 2019

220 kr

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Paluu viinalta, kuolemalta ja uskonkiihkolta haisevaan Grönlantiin

Historiallinen suurromaani 1700-luvun Grönlannista on hykerryttävän inha keitos uskoa ja taikauskoa, rivoutta, rujoutta ja raakuutta sekä rohkeutta pimeyden kynnyksellä, ennen valoa.

Tanskan ensimmäinen siirtokunta perustettiin Grönlantiin 1728. Uutta Tanskaa rakentamaan lähetettiin joukko armeijakarkureita, pikkurikollisia ja ilotyttöjä, ensin toki hätäisesti avioliittoon vihittyinä. Lopputulos oli katastrofi. Keripukki ja isorokko tappoivat, viina ja ruuti olivat ainoat hyödykkeet, joista ei ollut alituinen pula. Kaiken tämän keskellä teologista peistä taittoivat norjalainen lähetyssaarnaaja Hans Egede ja henkien manaaja Aappaluttoq. Grönlanti-trilogian toinen, itsenäinen osa uppoutuu humoristisen raadollisesti elämän ja kuoleman kysymyksiin, siellä missä maisema on sekä avara että ahdas.

Norjalainen Kim Leine pakeni menneisyyttään Grönlantiin, missä hän eli viisitoista vuotta ja kulki samalla oman matkansa pimeyden ytimeen. Hänen neljäs romaaninsa Ikuisuusvuonon profeetat voitti vuoden 2013 Pohjoismaiden neuvoston kirjallisuuspalkinnon. Kursailemattomalla tyylillään historiaa eläväksi tekevä Leine kirjoittaa vakavista aiheista pilke tiukasti silmäkulmassa.

Henkienmanaajan jälkeen

AvKim Leine

E-bok

Finska, 2024

169 kr

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Palkitun Ikuisuusvuono-trilogian päätösosa

Jylhän dramaattinen ja tavattoman tragikoominen romaani pohjoisen kolonialismin verenkarvaisesta perinnöstä.

Eletään vuotta 1883, kun grönlantilainen Hanseeraq saa kirjeen veljeltään Tanskassa. Veli on kuolemaisillaan ja pyytää lähettämään Jens-poikansa kiireesti Kööpenhaminaan. Kyse on valheista, syyllisyydestä – ja säkillisestä kultamalmia. Jens lähtee seuraavalla laivalla, ja pian Hanseeraq pakenee erämaahan. Mutta miksi? Maagista realismia, verevää kerrontaa ja historiallisia vääryyksiä yhdistelevä Henkienmanaajan jälkeen on kolonialismin pohjoista ulottuvuutta luotaavan romaanitrilogian hiuksianostattava päätös.

Norjalainen Kim Leine pakeni menneisyyttään Grönlantiin, missä hän eli viisitoista vuotta ja kulki samalla oman matkansa pimeyden ytimeen. Hänen neljäs romaaninsa Ikuisuusvuonon profeetat voitti vuoden 2013 Pohjoismaiden neuvoston kirjallisuuspalkinnon. Kursailemattomalla tyylillään historiaa eläväksi tekevä Leine kirjoittaa vakavista aiheista pilke tiukasti silmäkulmassa.

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