V kůži vlka – Ekmanová Kerstin (2024)

The largest living Swedish author, the now ninety-year-old Kerstin Ekman, returns after years with a masterful novel about the relationship with nature and what it means to be human. Ekman is an experienced storyteller and crime writer, and her latest work, In the Skin of the Wolf, is no exception, featuring tension and crime. ***** At dawn, before the celebration of his seventieth birthday, Ulf sees a wolf with a noble profile in the forest high in the mountains. The wolf moves cautiously yet dignified and confidently, like the lord of its territory – just as Ulf is primarily a hunter. Enchanted by the moment, Ulf experiences an almost mythical merging with the wolf. ***** For Ulf, the encounter is such a profound experience that he begins to perceive the once-feared wolf in a completely different way and becomes its protector. At the same time, a half-forgotten myth comes to mind, which grew from fear and hatred towards the animal considered the embodiment of evil and is preserved in the saying to run (in the skin) of the wolf. By night a wolf, by day a man. ***** However, as Ulf soon discovers, unlike the myth itself, fear and hatred survive in full force to this day. Who from the village is behind the terrible crime? And will Ulf withstand the difficult choice between the hated wolf and a close person?