The elusive moth
By: Ingrid Winterbach ; translated from the Afrikaans by Iris Gouws & the author
Contributors: Gouws, Iris, 1942-1998, translator
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Publisher: Open Letter
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9781934824771
Subjects: Moths; Afrikaans fiction; Fiction
Work titles: Karolina Ferreira
Description: While researching a resilient moth, Karolina spends her evening playing snooker and drinking whisky, and her nights plagued by erotic dreams. As political, spiritual, and sexual tensions in the small town rise, a murder will take place, lovers will meet in the cemetery, and friendships will fall apart--all building to an eruption of violence. Winner of the 1994 M-Net Prize.