The Animal Wife
A Novel
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4.4 • 9 Ratings
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Set in prehistoric Siberia, a “psychologically acute and soaringly imaginative” novel by a New York Times–bestselling author (Publishers Weekly).
In this novel by the author of Reindeer Moon, set in the Paleolithic age, Kori lives among his hunter-gatherer people, guilty with the knowledge that his unborn child is being carried by his shaman father’s new wife. Then, Kori impulsively seizes another woman, from a different tribe, after seeing her swimming in a pond—putting his group in danger. He calls the woman Muskrat, and her customs, beliefs, and language are utterly alien to him. And their relationship may bring either joy or bloodshed . . .
From an author and anthropologist known for both her fiction and her nonfiction—including the bestsellers The Hidden Life of Dogs and The Tribe of Tiger—this is a compelling tale “likely to appeal to Clan of the Cave Bear fans” (Library Journal).
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Kori, a member of a Paleolithic hunter-gatherer people on the Siberian savanna, captures a woman from a neighboring tribe and finds himself at odds with her radically different language and customs. ``Light years separate Thomas's intelligent, literate fiction from most other novels set in prehistoric times,'' said PW .
Customer Reviews
Animal Wife
Illuminating, human, dramatic and familiar…people never change, however, their diets do, their rituals and their willingness to change…is on display…I couldn’t put it down!