Decima

SKU: 9781415209998
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Decima

SKU: 9781415209998
Author: Eben Venter
Paperback·Ages 18+

Eben Venter’s book, a creative blend of autofiction, animal fable, mystery and scientific enquiry, is an urgent plea to save one of earth’s megaherbivores. An elegiac work for numerous voices, Decima is a moving and thrilling lament to loss in all its many guises.

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"In the veld of the Eastern Cape a writer imagines her: Decima--a magnificent black rhinoceros cow. Mother to Tandeka, herself plumped up with calf, Decima and her crash of rhinos await the birth of the new baby. Decima still recalls how she became an orphan many seasons ago, and tension mounts with the passing of each full moon. Conjuring up the life of Decima is Eben. How do you write about this animal as a sentient being? he wants to find out. With the story of the rhino matriarch and her kin comes the various characters that impact on their lives: poachers, their clients, those who practise traditional medicine, also those whose calling it is to protect the animals. Entwined in Eben's work on the rhino is an account of his fragile, ageing mother. But ringing loudest in his ear is the voice of Decima. Eben Venter's book, a creative blend of autofiction, fable, mystery and scientific enquiry, is an urgent plea to save one of earth's megaherbivores. An elegiac work for numerous voices, Decima is a moving and thrilling lament to loss in all its many guises."--Page 4 of cover.

Book details

Format
Paperback
Reading age
18+
Pages
184
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Language
English
ISBN
9781415209998

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