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The elusive moth / by Ingrid Winterbach ; translated from the Afrikaans by Iris Gouws & the author.
Van Pelt Library PT6592.32.I44 K3713 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Winterbach, Ingrid.
- Standardized Title:
- Karolina Ferreira. English
- Language:
- Afrikaans
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Afrikaans fiction--20th century.
- Afrikaans fiction.
- Moths--Fiction.
- Moths.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 184 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First U.S. edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Rochester, NY : Open Letter, 2014.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- "First published in Afrikaans as Karolina Ferreira in 2005 by Human & Rousseau."
- ISBN:
- 1934824771
- OCLC:
- 870986771
- Publisher Number:
- 99961142070
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