{"product_id":"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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Letter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039644860656,"sku":"9781934824771","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781934824771_p0.jpg?v=1763642250","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781934824771","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}