ISBN: 9789533515335 - strange and perfect account from the permafrost (10 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. I am the 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 on the Arctic archipelago Novaya Zemyla, separating what is known today as the Barents and Kara Seas in Russia. But when this expedition set out to find a northeast passage from Europe to China, the landmasses blocking such a route were unknown. While the expedition failed, the narrator becomes a sentient part of the landscape, privy to centuries of change. Meditating on the realities of human hubris that led to his early demise, unpacking his childhood in and around Amsterdam, and commenting on the dramatic technological and climactic changes he endures, history and fiction clash with tectonic force. From real-life figures like cartographer Petrus Plancius to Arctic foxes and 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 unquestionably why the natural world has changed in so many ways.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 196 pages. 8.50x5.50x8.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Zustand: New. 2025. paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Zustand: New.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A haunting tale of Arctic exploration, hubris, and the enduring power of the past.From his icy grave on Novaya Zemlya, a 16th-century Dutch narrator recounts a failed expedition to find a northeast passage to China. As he becomes one with the landscape, he witnesses centuries of change, meditating on human hubris and the forces that shape our world.History and fiction collide in this boldly imaginative novel, populated by real-life figures, Arctic wildlife, and transcendent shaman. Strange and Perfect Account from the Permafrost explores the unchanging characteristics of human behavior and their impact on a changing natural world. For readers of literary fiction, historical novels, and stories of exploration and survival.…