by Raoul de Jong · edition amikejo · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783981889475
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«Jaguarmann» is the autobiographical novel by Raoul de Jong, published by edition amikejo in paperback (280 pages, in German).
At 28, Raoul de Jong meets his Surinamese father. Learning of a shaman ancestor who transformed into a jaguar, he travels through Paramaribo, the Amazon rainforest and the Netherlands, where he performs a seven-day ritual. Thus he unravels a story spanning five centuries and four continents, with voodoo priestesses, liberators and banned writers.
Originally published in Dutch in 2020 as «Jaguarman. Mijn vader, zijn vader en andere Surinaamse helden», this German edition is translated by Lotte Hammond.
For readers interested in the search for roots, the colonial history of Surinam and autobiographical literature with magical elements.
