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]
- ISBN10 0571146147
- ISBN13 9780571146147
- Publish Date 12 January 1987
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 March 1991
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Faber & Faber
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 176
- Language English