Strange and perfect account from the permafrost
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- Author: Niedekker Donald
- Publisher: Sandorf
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- Condition: New book
- Code: 78945
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Strange and perfect account from the permafrost
Niedekker Donald
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Donald Niedekker: Strange and perfect account from the permafrost
"I am a nameless crew member who died on January 27, 1597." So reports the Dutch narrator of Strange and Perfect Account from the Permafrost from his icy grave in the Arctic archipelago of Novaya Zemyla, separating what is now known as the Barents Sea and the Kara Sea in Russia. But when this expedition set out to find the "Northeast Passage" from Europe to China, the land masses blocking such a route were unknown. Although the expedition failed, the narrator becomes a sensitive part of the landscape, informed of a century of change. Meditating on the reality of human hubris that led to his early death, unpacking his childhood in and around Amsterdam and commenting on the dramatic technological and climactic changes he experiences, history and fiction collide with tectonic force. From real-life figures like cartographer Petrus Plancius to arctic foxes and a transcendent shaman, and peppered with references to countless historical events—ranging from the Reformation to Stalin's labor camps and atomic weapons testing—this boldly imaginative, profoundly beautiful novel argues that the unchanging characteristics of human behavior are undoubtedly the reason why the natural world has changed in so many ways.
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- Author: Niedekker Donald
- Publisher: Sandorf
- Year of publication:2025
- Place of publication:Zagreb
- Pages:187
- Dimensions:14.5x21 cm
- Script:Latin script
- Condition:New book
- Binding:Softcover
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