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Biographical note
Tété-Michel Kpomassie was born in 1941, in Togo West Africa. When it was first published, his critically acclaimed travelogue, Michel the Giant: An African in Greenland, was awarded the Prix Littéraire Francophone International and shortlisted for the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award.<b>Remarkable</b> . . . <b>skilful</b> storytelling . . . intrepidly adventurous and unconventional . . . <b>couldn't be more relevant</b>. The kinship he felt with the Inuit on that first visit saw the publication of a literary work that was well ahead of its time.
- Michael Segalov, Observer
<b>Fearless</b> reverse ethnology . . . <b>gorgeous </b>descriptions . . . an eye for absurdity . . . Kpomassie is a writer of enviable and maybe indispensable <b>amiability and serenity</b> . . . With his gaze and his mind continually turned out and facing forward, he is up to every predicament he encounters; he has the mother <b>wit</b>, the equanimity and the <b>self-confidence of the epic hero </b>
- London Review of Books, Michael Hofmann
<b>Beautiful, compassionate, insightful</b> . . . inner and outer landscapes both <b>richly and honestly detailed</b> . . . the furthest a book has taken me . . . <b>Astonishing </b>
- Johny Pitts, author of Afropean
A <b>fascinating </b>snapshot of Inuit culture and a reminder of the common threads that bind us all . . . a <b>first-rate storyteller</b> to the whole world
- Noo Saro-Wiwa, The Times
It is a long way in miles, but even longer in <b>resilience, adventurous persistence and uncanny charm.</b> . . . Kpomassie's book contains a catalogue of his impressions, combined with <b>striking passages of fine writing</b>. The result is the curious double perspective of a naïve visitor, combined with the controlled distance of a writer
- Paul Zweig, The New York Times Book Review
<b>Warm, witty and joyful</b>
- Ann Morgan, Financial Times
<b>Surprising</b> . . . this <b>beautifully written</b>, <b>page-turning</b> piece of unjudgmental anthropological reportage by a black man finding his soul through seeking the soul of the Inuit recognises an important lesson for today.
- Sue Prideaux, The Times
<b>Pioneering</b> and <b>unforgettable</b>
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An ebullient snapshot of a vanished age
- John Self, Observer New Review