Michel the Giant
Michel the Giant
SKU: B9780241554531 • Barcode: 9780241554531

Michel the Giant

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Book information

  • Format: Paperback
  • Main subject: Memoirs
  • Genre / subject: Indigenous peoples
  • Author: Tété-Michel Kpomassie
  • Audience: Adults

About the book

Michel the Giant by Tété-Michel Kpomassie is a non-fiction book for adult readers.

The gripping true story of one man's ten-year expedition from a village in West Africa to the Arctic Circle - a rare gem of travel writing which has inspired a generation 'The play of moonlight on the icebergs was indescribably strange, and its magnificent refracted shimmers were brighter than day. One night, fooled by its brilliance, I got up at three in the morning.

Scorching heat, rich, fertile soil and treacherous snakes marked the landscape in which Kpomassie grew up in 1950 s Togo, West Africa. When, as a teenager, he discovered a book on Greenland, this distant land of snow and ice became an instant obsession and he embarked on the adventure of a lifetime. In this work of rich, immersive travel writing Kpomassie invites the reader to join him on his audacious journey as he makes his way from the Equator to the bitter cold of the Arctic and settles into life with the Inuit peoples, adapting to their foods and customs.

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