The Ant Caravan
Publisher: Atlas Contact
New book by the Libris Award 2022 winner
One day, gardener Kiek discovers a rabbit. Even though every living creature has its role – from the vegetables to the critters in the compost, from volunteers to the earth itself – the rabbit threatens the ecological balance of the garden. At the same time, fate announces itself in the form of a progressive disease that will irrevocably change Kiek’s life. Over four seasons, the garden undergoes various metamorphoses, and in fact so does Kiek herself.
The Ant Caravan is an enchanting story, written with the smooth pen of a Libris Prize winner, about how everything that lives is connected to each other – and so are we.
Praise:
‘This story is as original as her previous books, but a bit lighter in tone. The Ant Caravan is prose to keep grazing in.’ – De Volkskrant
‘Mariken Heitman writes enthusiastically about the life of an ailing gardener in and with a garden. (…) With delicate and also critical observations, Heitman makes it palpable how lonely it can be to have a chronic illness.’ – Trouw
‘The Ant Caravan is a story about affecting and wanting to hold on to identity, the complexity of life. About, ultimately, letting go and whether you can reconcile with that.
Mariken Heitman has described this wonderfully.’ – Het Parool
