Join us as we venture to the frozen north in the very enjoyable company of Tété-Michel Kpomassie, who left his home of Togo, West Africa to pursue his dream of living in Greenland. While we may not have been 100% sold on the cuisine, we were fascinated by his experiences and the unique perspective he brings to his observations about the society he encounters there. First published in English in 1981 the book was recently re-issued by Penguin as part of their Modern Classics series. But do we think it should have a place on your bookshelf? Listen in to find out. And because there are few things we love more than a polar book, we’ve got a stack of other suggestions for your reading pile, from previous pod favourites like A Woman in the Polar Night by Christine Ritter, to a new to us book called This Cold Heaven, by Gretel Erlich. So come, fix yourself a cup of coffee with reindeer fat, and let us tell you more. Books discussed The Northern Lights, The Amber Spyglass and The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman (His Dark Materials trilogy, [Scholastic])

The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven by Nathaniel Ian Miller (Hachette)

This Cold Heaven by Gretel Erlich (Harper Collins)

Prophets of Eternal Fjord by Kim Leine (and The Colony of Good Hope [Pan Macmillan])

Miss Smilla’s Feeling for Snow by Peter Høeg (Penguin).

A Woman in the Polar Night by Christiane Ritter.

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Michel the Giant: An African in Greenland