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Of Beasts and Beings

Of Beasts and Beings

Holding, Ian

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ISBN10: 160945054X
ISBN13: 9781609450540
Publisher: Europa Ed
Published: Oct 25 2011
Pages: 218
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.30 Depth: 8.20
Language: English
In this searing and timely novel, reminiscent of the work of J.M. Coetzee and Cormac McCarthy, the devastating effects of a country's economic and moral collapse provide the backdrop for a story about individual fortitude and conscience.

In an unnamed and post-apocalyptic African republic, militiamen seize a scavenger as he is digging for roots, or anything that will nourish him and keep him alive. He is traded and ransomed and ends up in the hands of another group, whose members include a pregnant woman whom he is forced to carry in a wheelbarrow on a nightmarish and seemingly endless overland journey. This story alternates with the diary entries of a white schoolteacher who, embittered by the horrific state of his country, is preparing to leave. Before he can do so, however, he must confront his own demons and personal failings. Both narrators are in danger and both are apparently helpless to control their fates. When these two plotlines brilliantly and surprisingly unite the result is electrifying, shocking, and brilliant.

With sparse and heartbreaking prose Ian Holding asks vital questions about personal responsibility, choice, and truth.

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