- Publisher: Canongate
- Year: 2023
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 432pp
- Illustrated: No
- Dimensions: 222x142mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.5kg
- ISBN: 9781838854591
- Product code: 542781
Wolfish
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Transfixed by an image she saw of a dead wolf by a roadside, Erica Berry determined to find out more about the lives of these creatures. Living in a cabin in the Oregon forests, she follows a wolf across the state using satellite tracking, and examines the way these apex predators have been demonized in tales such as ‘Little Red Riding Hood’, confronting her own fears and those of society.
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A FINANCIAL TIMES NON-FICTION BOOK TO READ IN 2023
A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2023 for TIME, VULTURE, LIT HUB, GOODREADS, RUMPUS, BUSTLE, READER'S DIGEST and more
Wolves abound through cultural folklore and through literature - vilified and venerated in equal measure. In Wolfish, Erica Berry examines these depictions, alongside her own research of the wolf for nearly a decade, to get to the heart of what our stories about the wolf reveal about our relationships with one another and ourselves: 'What does it mean to want to embody the same creature from which you are supposed to be running?'
The wolf is so often depicted as the male predator, preying on the vulnerable girl/woman who strays from the path; the she-wolf meanwhile depicts women who sit outside the accepted boundaries of feminine behaviour. Berry openly recounts her own uncomfortable and sometimes frightening experiences as a woman to try to understand how we navigate our fears when threat can seem constant.
Through it all, Berry finds new expressions for courage and survival: how to be a brave human and animal member of our fragile, often dangerous world.
A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2023 for TIME, VULTURE, LIT HUB, GOODREADS, RUMPUS, BUSTLE, READER'S DIGEST and more
Wolves abound through cultural folklore and through literature - vilified and venerated in equal measure. In Wolfish, Erica Berry examines these depictions, alongside her own research of the wolf for nearly a decade, to get to the heart of what our stories about the wolf reveal about our relationships with one another and ourselves: 'What does it mean to want to embody the same creature from which you are supposed to be running?'
The wolf is so often depicted as the male predator, preying on the vulnerable girl/woman who strays from the path; the she-wolf meanwhile depicts women who sit outside the accepted boundaries of feminine behaviour. Berry openly recounts her own uncomfortable and sometimes frightening experiences as a woman to try to understand how we navigate our fears when threat can seem constant.
Through it all, Berry finds new expressions for courage and survival: how to be a brave human and animal member of our fragile, often dangerous world.
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Transfixed by an image she saw of a dead wolf by a roadside, Erica Berry determined to find out more about the lives of these creatures. Living in a cabin in the Oregon forests, she follows a wolf across the state using satellite tracking, and examines the way these apex predators have been demonized in tales such as ‘Little Red Riding Hood’, confronting her own fears and those of society.
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