Wild Boar
Published on 24. April 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
102 pages
978-1-915628-38-1 (ISBN)
Description
To witness. To contain. To hunt.
People in Smaland are being provoked into action by a destructive species. It moves in packs at night. Gardens are being destroyed, farmland churned up. Yet its illusiveness draws in both visitors and inhabitants.
The forests of this stony province are home to a growing population of wild boar once on the verge of extinction. Told by three people newly arrived in an isolated community, Wild Boar is a compelling and poetic debut from Finnish/Swedish author Hannah Lutz about animals and people, their places in a changing ecosystem, and their capacities to grow and to destroy.
People in Smaland are being provoked into action by a destructive species. It moves in packs at night. Gardens are being destroyed, farmland churned up. Yet its illusiveness draws in both visitors and inhabitants.
The forests of this stony province are home to a growing population of wild boar once on the verge of extinction. Told by three people newly arrived in an isolated community, Wild Boar is a compelling and poetic debut from Finnish/Swedish author Hannah Lutz about animals and people, their places in a changing ecosystem, and their capacities to grow and to destroy.
Reviews / Votes
'Hannah Lutz's novel is an allegory of humanity's plight in the age of impending climate catastrophe.' - Sydsvenskan * Sydsvenskan * 'In this thin little book, every page bursts with the paradoxes that surround man and nature today' - Expressen * Expressen (Sweden) * 'Hypnotic, spare and poetic, this little award-winning book transports us to the forests of Sweden where wild boar are once again thriving. Three people are invested in their presence, and through the short chapters we witness how humans, wild creatures and nature interact - for good and bad. A beautifully achieved and tenderly translated treat.' - Kerry Fowler, Sainsbury's Magazine -- Kerry Fowler * Sainsbury's Magazine *More details
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Language
English
Place of publication
Winnersh
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 199 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
116 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-915628-38-1 (9781915628381)
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Hannah Lutz was born in 1984 and grew up in Ekenaes, in southern Finland. She has an MA from Finland's Abo Akademi University. She later moved to Denmark and attended the Writing School in Copenhagen. Still based in Denmark, she lives just outside Roskilde. Her short story 'Den elfte versionen' / 'The Eleventh Version' won the Umea Short Story Award, Sweden, in 2011. Vildsvin / Wild Boar is Lutz's debut novel. Written in Swedish, it was first published as the Danish translation in 2016 by Rosinante in Denmark; the original Swedish text was first published in 2017 by Foerlaget in Finland and Albert Bonniers Foerlag in Sweden. Her second novel, Selma, was published by Foerlaget in Finland in 2023. Andy Turner is a writer, reviewer, translator, and former school teacher and examiner. He works with both Swedish and German and is a member of SELTA and the Translators Association of the Society of Authors. He graduated with an MA in Literary Translation from the University of East Anglia in 2017. He was Swedish mentee in the 2018-19 National Centre for Writing's Emerging Literary Translator Mentorships Programme, working alongside Sarah Death. His translation of 'Wild Boar' by Hannah Lutz is his first full-length adult translation publication.