Hunt, trek, and feast among Neanderthals in this stunning novel by the radical Nobel Laureate and author of Lord of the Flies, introduced by Ben Okri.
This was a different voice; not the voice of the people.
Genius.\' Daily Telegraph\'Alarming, eye-opening, desolating, mind-invading and unique.\' New Statesman.
An iconoclast.\' John Fowles\'A tour de force ...
Shakespearean.\' Ted Hughes\'A master fabulist, and a brilliantly creative interpreter of remote history ...
A visionary dream .
Truly a masterpiece.\' Monique Roffey\'An earthquake in the petrified forests of the English novel.\' Arthur Koestler\'An astonishing, underrated novel.\' Robert MacFarlane\'Beautiful, powerful ...
Remarkable in the literature of the twentieth century.\' Ben Okri\'A stun gun to read ...
Genius ...
What the people do not know is that their day is already over ...\'Extraordinary ...
Imaginable beasts are half-glimpsed in the forest; upright creatures of bone-faces and deerskins.
But strange things are happening: inexplicable scents and sounds.
They awaken the fire to heat their naked bodies, lay down their thorn bushes, and share pictures in their minds.
It was the voice of other.
When spring comes, the people leave their winter cave, foraging for honey, grubs, and the hot richness of a deer\'s brain.
Hunt, trek, and feast among Neanderthals in this stunning novel by the radical Nobel Laureate and author of Lord of the Flies, introduced by Ben Okri.
This was a different voice; not the voice of the people
