Neither God nor Devil is a lavishly illustrated examination of humankind's relationship with the wolf. The author's extraordinary watercolours and insightful text offer a passionate but clear-eyed view of a fascinating species. She shows that it isn't just the people who have historically hated and feared wolves - farmers, wayfarers, competitors for game - who do them injustice by exagerating their ferocity. Our myths and morality stories about wolves have misrepresented them in equal measure.
The first of this book's three sections explores real wolf behaviour: we encounter the animal without the fairytale trappings that tradition has imposed on it. The second section surveys the wolf's place in ancient and recent myths and legends from cultures around the world. Finally a chronological overview of our relationship with wolves shows where our paths have diverged, and how we came to deify and demonise a creature that deserves neither treatment.
Notable as much for its scholarship and acute observation as for its beauty, Neither God nor Devil is not only an important scientific and socialogical examination of the wolf - it is a loving tribute to one of the most misunderstood animals on earth..
144 pages with 125 color illustrations.
