The prophets of Eternal Fjord
By: Kim Leine ; translated from the Danish by Martin Aitken
Contributors: Aitken, Martin, translator
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W.  Norton & Company
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 562
ISBN-13: 9780871406712
Subjects: Fiction; Missions; Clergy; History
Other titles: Eternal Fjord
Work titles: Profeterne i Evighedsfjorden
Description: "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"--
Notes: Translation of: Profeterne i Evighedsfjorden.

"A novel"--Jacket.