Eben Venter

Decima (ENG) (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A mountain of flesh she is, this Decima, as she lies. She summons her strength to rise, all four feet on sand and shale. Puffs twirl and settle as her toes find their place. Three on each foot. Decima stands. 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, 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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of Mississippi
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781415211274
• Artikelnr.: 68206312

Autorenporträt

Eben Venter's nine critically acclaimed novels include Trencherman, Wolf, Wolf, and Green as the Sky Is Blue, written in partial fulfilment of a PhD in Creative Writing at the University of Queensland. He is also the author of two books of short stories and a collection of columns, and his work can be read in Afrikaans, English, Dutch and German. Over the years he has won numerous awards for his work, including the prominent KykNet-Rapport Prize. Raised on a sheep farm in the Eastern Cape, he lives in Australia.