En África Occidental, un adolescente lee un libro sobre Groenlandia, el país de las nieves perpetuas, y decide que tiene que ir allí como sea. Un viaje de ocho años a través de dos continentes, lleno de aventuras y encuentros, para descubrir la cultura inuit. Un relato brillante y divertido sobre las maravillosas peculiaridades de la humanidad y los vínculos, a veces sorprendentes, que nos unen.
Scorching heat, rich, fertile soil, and treacherous snakes marked the landscape in which Kpomassie grew up in 1950s 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. Part memoir, part anthropological observation this warm, captivating narrative teems with nuanced observations on community, belonging and colonization.