Ovidius
by Karin Mabry
Genre: Literary Fiction, Fantasy
'Ovidius' follows the lives of members of the Ovidius community, a neighborhood surrounding The Ovidius Zoo, home of Worthington the Tiger. The animals of Ovidius communicate with each other using mental telepathy, unbeknownst to humans. Some, like Godiva the Cat and Sam the Bird, tweak the agreed-upon system to fit their agendas, Godiva, to write poetry, Sam, to wreak havoc. Others, like Philodendrum the Bullfrog and Xavier the human, friend of Godiva, are just trying to figure out who they really are. Written in the fix-up style, ‘Ovidius’ is a beautiful reflection on animals, spirituality and being wild and free.
Hi! Hope you are well and taking good care of yourself and loved ones during these challenging times.
Writing 'Ovidius', my first novel, was a game-changer for me. I wrote a series of novellas then combined them into a fix-up novel, becoming utterly enamored of the medium of the short novel in the process. Telling a story with an economy of words means the use of words is precious. I have found my niche and believe that, literally, everyone should write a short novel. It is delightful, with no fear of being crushed by the daunting task of writing hundreds and hundreds of pages. I have mostly read novels in my life, still yearning to understand what Anais and Jack London have to say about it all. I tried, in 'Ovidius', to create five distinctly different novellas that could stand alone yet come together, seamlessly, as one story.
My poetry books, 'Thrive' and 'A Hamlet of Shelter', were delicious to write, that's all there is to it. I love them and so appreciate my Mother, Maureen, for encouraging me to write what I feel, what I believe. I hope you choose to enjoy what came forth when I gave it a chance. I surely do, each story, each poem, perfectly expressing my belief in presence and imagination. Such a blessing to be human and be able to imagine. All things are possible with God, the God within all of us, Our Father, our collective birthright.
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As the author, and a former English Major, I must admit to several editing mistakes in my bio, above. I apologize for that but must insist that my book, 'Ovidius', has been edited to within an inch of its life. I love good writing as well as my characters in this book, animals. Thinking that, perhaps, on the whole, animals do not have a high opinion of humans is almost blasphemous for the average people to believe, but I think it is true. 'Ovidius' is misanthropic without intending to be. Almost all the animal characters ended up being animals who didn't like humans, 'tall. Not at all. Except for the one who wrote poetry, who wrote fiction, who read book- she loved humans. Godiva decided that, even though, yes, it did seem like humans were at the root of a lot of the evils of the day, the beauty they were able to create, such beauty and loveliness, Godiva thought humanity worthy of forgiveness. The misanthropic animals Godiva shared a community were united in finding Godiva's source of happiness to be treasonous, a turning away from her essential animalhood for poetry. Godiva decided literacy was worth it, that seeking glory in the pain of life, believing that the act of creating is a divine act was worth communal isolation.
ReplyDeleteThis was my first book which was originally written as a series of five novellas. I blended the five, distinct stories into one, cohesive novel. I hope you enjoy it and if you have any questions for me, I am open! :)
I love the cover and the synopsis has intrigued me, this sounds like an excellent read. Thank you for posting about this book
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