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02407aam a2200385 i 4500 001 30A55E0CE67F11EE94C7D61345ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240320010038 008 230626t20232023sa b 000 f eng 020 $a 1415209995 020 $a 9781415209998 035 $a (OCoLC)1385981321 040 $a NX@ $b eng $e rda $c NX@ $d OCLCF $d OI@ $d INU $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d STF $d NUI $d IaU $d SILO 043 $a f-sa--- 050 4 $a PT6592.32.E465 $b D43 2023 082 04 $a 839.363 $q OCoLC $2 23/eng/20231120 100 1 $a Venter, Eben, $e author. 245 10 $a Decima / $c Eben Venter. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Cape Town, South Africa : $b Penguin, $c 2023. 300 $a 184 pages ; $c 24 cm 530 $a Also issued in electronic format. 520 $a "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. 500 $a "A novel"--Cover. 500 $a Also available in Afrikaans. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 650 0 $a Black rhinoceros $z Eastern Cape $z Eastern Cape $v Fiction. 650 0 $a South African fiction (English) 651 0 $a Eastern Cape (South Africa) $v Fiction. 655 0 $a English fiction. 655 7 $a Novels $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01921742 655 7 $a Novels. $2 lcgft 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240320010423.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=30A55E0CE67F11EE94C7D61345ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search