In the shape of a boar

Miłość i horror od homeryckiej Grecji do najciemniejszych wydarzeń XX wieku... Lawrence Norfolk`s third novel takes the boar hunt as its central metaphor to discuss love, betrayal, fear and the annihilation of war. The first section begins in Ancient Greece with the hunt for the boar of Kalydon, then moves to Paris in the 1970s, where the poet, Sol Memel`s life echoes the mythological prototypes. When King Oeneus neglects to sacrifice animals to Artemis at the festival of First Fruits, she sends a boar of gigantic proportions and ferocious strength to destroy the land. The king`s son, Meleager, gathers prize hunters to kill it. They form "a new, earth-bound constellation" as they converge around Mount Aracynthus, already "one another`s quarry in a bloodless preparatory hunt". Their roll call creates "a palace of sound".