{"product_id":"the-elusive-moth-ingrid-winterbach-9781934824771","title":"The Elusive Moth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"In her latest novel, Ingrid Winterbach is at her best: complex, funny, smart, mischievous, and without equal.\"--\u003ci\u003eBeeld\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn hopes of winning her father's approval, Karolina Ferreira, an entomologist, goes to a small Free State town to research the survival strategies of a rare moth species. Tormented by memories of her family and plagued by erotic dreams, Karolina spends her nights playing snooker, drinking whisky, and dancing herself into a state of euphoria with the mysterious Kolyn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in Afrikaans in 1994, \u003ci\u003eThe Elusive Moth\u003c\/i\u003e won Ingrid Winterbach the prestigious M-Net Book Prize and the Old Mutual Literary Prize. Finally available to American readers, this novel reinforces Winterbach's reputation as one of South Africa's greatest contemporary writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIngrid Winterbach\u003c\/b\u003e is an artist and novelist whose work has won South Africa's M-Net Prize, Old Mutual Literary Prize, the University of Johannesburg Prize for Creative Writing, and the W.A. Hofmeyr Prize. \u003ci\u003eTo Hell with Cronjé\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2004 Hertzog Prize, an honor she shares with the novelists Breyten Breytenbach and Etienne Leroux.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIris Gouws\u003c\/b\u003e is a translator from the Afrikaans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ingrid Winterbach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1934824771\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781934824771\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Letter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/24\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.71h x 5.53w x 0.59d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2014","brand":"Ingrid Winterbach","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47930904084735,"sku":"9781934824771","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f53e89d2-ab49-45c6-9da0-dcd534f391d5.jpg?v=1766345084","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-elusive-moth-ingrid-winterbach-9781934824771","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}