Ema The Captive, CÃ©sar Airaâ€™s second novel, is perhaps closest in style to his popular An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter and The

Ema the Captive

Ema The Captive, CÃ©sar Airaâ€™s second novel, is perhaps closest in style to his popular An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter and The Hare

In nineteenth-century Argentina, Ema, a delicate woman of indeterminate origins, is captured by soldiers and taken, along with with her newborn babe, to live as a concubine in a crude fort on the very edges of civilization. The trip is appalling (deprivations and rapes prevail along the way), yet the real story commences once Ema arrives at the fort, where she takes on a succession of lovers among the soldiers and Indians, leading to a brave and grand entrepreneurial experiment. As is usual with Airaâ€™s work, the wonder of the book is in the details of customs, beauty, and language, and the curious, perplexing reality of human nature.
Country USA
Manufacturer New Directions
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-12-06
Format Kindle eBook

Ema the Captive