Jaguarman
Raoul de Jong author John Eyck translator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:HopeRoad Publishing Ltd
Publishing:7th May '26
£12.99
This title is due to be published on 7th May, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
A mythic memoir of ancestry, transformation and the wild truths we inherit
A moving family and mystical journey into the Amazon rainforest. Born to a Dutch mother and Surinamese father he doesn't know, Raoul is barely thirty when he receives an email: **I AM LOOKING FOR MY SON RAOUL DE JONG ☺☺☺. ** From this late meeting with his father about his Surinamese ancestry, a mention of a mysterious ancestor who transformed himself into a jaguar, catches the writers attention. Raoul sets out in search of this enigmatic ancestor through the Surinamese jungle. In this quest for the jaguar, the young writer searches for his own humanity in this true optimistic manifesto.
“Written two years before the Netherlands’ “apology” at the end of 2022 for having practiced slavery for two hundred fifty years, *Jaguar Man *paints, at last, from life, the portrait of a worldly country” —Le Monde
"A unique mix of non-fiction and fiction, classic quest, travel story, life lesson, prayer and fairy tale, literature and historiography” — NRC Handesblad
“(Raoul de Jong) is both narrator and character, a charming and funny guide as he goes deeper into the forest and climbs, with signs and clues, the branches of his family tree” — Libération
ISBN: 9781913109547
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Weight: unknown