28: Vinterens hjerte

Vinterens hjerte. Knud Rasmussen og hans tid
af Kirsten Hastrup

726 sider
2010. 1. udgave, 1. oplag
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Den mest opfattende biografi jeg nogensinde har læst og helt klart en af de aller bedste biografier jeg har læst.

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For quite some months I have been reading Vinterens Hjerte by Kirsten Hastrup. Translated the titel would be something like Winter's Heart. It is a very comprehensive biography about Knud Rasmussen. It isn't a chronological book. Hastrup's book is devided into three parts. Part one is Knud Rasmussen as the polar explorer. Part two is Knud Rasmussen the hunter and part three is Kund Rasmussen the story teller. During the three parts one learns about about his life in Greenland and in Denmark, his expeditions, his mind and body, the time and world he lived in and the people in that world.
It is a very interesting book and yesterday I finally finished it. The reason it took me a long time was the it is a very big book. Both in story and in format. So breaks was needed. If one has an interest in Knud Rasmussen this is the book to read. It is full of great stories, great science and beautiful pictures. In alot of the photos of inuit one can really see the wisdom and the wild in the faces. To hear how Kunuunnguaq (=big Knud in Greenlandic. His name uphere) interacted with the Inuit is amazing. He was a very special man