Synopsis
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...
Details
31 March 2022576 pages
9781529014334Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Praise for The Prophets of Eternal Fjord:
Guardian
'From the outset of his career, Kim Leine established himself as a Scandinavian literary figure without precedent.'
A superb novel . . . A raw, hugely powerful chronicle of lives lived on the edge . . . Has a grandeur and a compass that few novels this year will match.Sunday Times
