Reviews

Droom in de poolnevel by Yuri Rytkheu, Arie van der Ent, Juri Rytchëu

caitgriff's review against another edition

4.0

A really interesting and compelling story of racial and cultural interaction in 19th-20th century Siberia.

rodneywilhite's review against another edition

5.0

Easily the best book I've read this year. A a fascinating and poetic examination of colonialism that is told convincingly from both a western and an aboriginal perspective. Essential reading.

Also, here is a beautiful gallery of the Chukchi people:

http://www.beforethey.com/culture/chukchi

macfiar's review against another edition

2.0

I really wanted to like this book. I love all things written about the arctic. But it had too many racist comments. I don't care that it was supposed to be about 1910, it was still offensive. Next, the translation was bad, jarring and not even understandable in a couple of places. Then the ending was so abrupt and strange, like the author just decided he didn't want to write it anymore.

tronella's review against another edition

4.0

I don't think I've read anything about the Chukchi people before, so there was a lot of interesting stuff here, but it does get very dark in places and the writing style didn't really do it for me. Still, I'm glad to have read it.