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Novel
Qooqa
Not translated into English
Ole Brandt · 1971
Synopsis
First volume of a four-part family saga, the novel is set in a community of Greenlandic hunters in the first half of the eighteenth century. The hero and his descendants embody the virtues of the traditional hunter and are among those who put an end to blood feuds. Den Store Danske, the only source to describe the book, says no more about it.
Context
Published in 1971, the book opens a tetralogy that illustrates, according to Den Store Danske, a tendency of Greenlandic literature of the 1970s: drawing from a memorable past the means to strengthen national identity and the Greenlanders' confidence in their own abilities. The titles of the three following volumes are not known, nor any translation, nor the reception of the novel.
Who it is for
A historical saga of hunters, accessible only to readers of Greenlandic; no translation has been found.
Prizes and reception
Den Store Danske sees in it the reflection of a literature that asked the past for reasons to believe in the future.