From the Writings of the Greenlanders: Kalaallit Atuakklaannit

This prose sampler from West Greenland reveals a century-old independent literary tradition, the rich written expression in a native North American language of an ancient and successful culture. Linguist Michael Fortescue compiled these excerpts to demonstrate the range of Greenlandic writing and make works in this flourishing language more accessible to English-speaking readers. This collection of writing by Greenlandic authors is intended as an introduction to West Greenlandic for students of Eskimo languages who have English as their mother tongue or English (not Danish) as second language. Includes dialogue, narration, poetic elaboration, philosophic commentary, traditional oral tales and contemporary political speeches, with a glossary and maps.