Publication

1987-08-01 - Faber & Faber

Language

English

Word Count

44,000 words, Guess

Page Count

176 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 4 more

Classifications

  • LCCPR6053.O5463

Description

Prompted by repeated dreams, a man destroys his family and village and embarks on a quest for what he senses to be his truth. After many days' travelling, deep in a vast and threatening forest, he is captured by a small group of men dedicated to the worship of a deer god. Although eager to be part of the group, he soon realizes that the all-male brotherhood has its weaknesses. For down on the island in the river live the forest's women, angry for equality with the men. He finally comes to see that only a union between the men and the women would resolve the conflict, and this points the way for his own search for wholeness. [from the back jacket]

First Sentence

Resin smoke drove out, bursting.

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