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Looking for Io, by Tertia Knaap

Looking for Io, by Tertia Knaap

R 90.00 ZAR
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"I climbed a mountain today, over the rocks, through the bushes, up the cliffs...
From the top one can see forever; our home, the village edging the sea, and to the other side the river winding through the valley where Heaven meets Earth.
I screamed: IO, WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?..."

Thus begins Looking for Io, an intriguing juxtaposition of personal rumination and narrative quest. But just who, or what, is being sought? Is it the mysterious otherworldly Io, mute save for her innate understanding of another language beyond the spoken word, or is it an aspect of the lost self?

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