An extraordinary experience of life in the wild at the extremes of physical and psychological endurance...The baboons jumped up and down, screeching and gesticulating. Only the king had not yet moved. His silver-grey mane stood out. He pulled back his black lips repeatedly, baring his long yellow teeth, but that was all. Slowly Morengaru began to understand what this meant. He was being challenged - not by the whole group, but by the leader. Morengaru did not fire his deadly arrows at the king. Morengaru the human being allowed himself to accept this personal challenge, like a baboon. Morengaru the hunter has braved lion and leopard, but this challenge is different. Cast out by his own people, Morengaru is alone in the wilderness. Now he's at the mercy of the baboons for his survival. But what does it take for a man to live as an animal? And how will he reconnect to his human nature?

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is part of a book series called Readers Circle .

There are 192 pages in this book. This book was published in 1998 by Allen & Unwin .

Belgian writer ANNE PROVOOST is the author of a series of provocative novels that examine topics as varied as right-wing extremism, sexual abuse, and religion through the eyes of young protagonists. Falling was made into an English-language feature film. Anne is a member of the Royal Academy of Dutch Language and Literature and a member of PEN. Her novels have been published in eighteen different languages. JOHN NIEUWENHUIZEN is an Australian-based, award-winning translator of Dutch and Flemish literature. In 2007, John was awarded the NSW Premier's Translation Prize and PEN Medallion. In 2015 he was recognised with an IBBY Australia Honour Book award for Translation for his translation of Nine Open Arms by Benny Lindelauf. Anton Quintana is an award-winning Dutch author of children's books. He also writes for radio and TV. He is widely translated in Europe, and The Baboon King has been translated into English, French and Spanish. John Niewenhuizen was born in the Netherlands, and has lived in Australia since 1955. He is a librarian and translater.