Collection
Genres
Status
Available
Description
The stories compose both a moving history of the Chukchi people who inhabit the shores of the Bering Sea and a beautiful cautionary tale, rife with conflict, human drama and humour. Introduces fantastic characters: Nau, the mother of the human race; Rau, her half-whale husband; and finally, the dark spirit Armagirgin, who attempts to destroy nature's harmony by pitting the two against each other. The Chukchi Bible moves through Arctic tundra, sea, sky and beyond, introducing readers to an extraordinary mythology and resilient people, in hauntingly poetic prose.
Publication
Brooklyn, NY : [Minneapolis, Minn.] : Archipelago Books ; Distributed by Consortium Book Sales and Distribution, 2011.
ISBN
9780981987316
Language
Original language
Russian
Original publication date
2000 (original Russian)
2011 (English translation)