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Review *The Wolf Hunt*

Updated: Sep 19, 2023



by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen

Translation by Sondra Silverston

Published by Pushkin Press

Cover Design by Anna Green Cover Credit: Teresa Lawler *Dream House on the Edge of Town*



This one caught my interest as soon as I read a brief description & is more than a small step outside my usual reading style range.

As with many other books brought to us by Pushkin Press, this translated novel has some hard-hitting storylines & fascinating, contrasting characters.


*The Wolf Hunt* also deals with difficult subjects such as racial issues, bullying, animal cruelty & antisemitism. It's not a fluffy cloud collection of topics.

Some alarming elements make the story unique & also very unsettling. They'll keep you reading & wondering how this mother feels when her heart wants to dismiss some of the possibilities life is throwing her way.

Adam is a reclusive & shy boy but after a terrible attack on the local synagogue, he feels he needs to take some self-defence classes. The instructor just happens to be a former Israeli Special Forces officer.


Lilach's struggle as a mother only intensifies when tragedy strikes at a house party & she has to question everything whilst following her natural instincts to protect her own family.


The parallel tracks of jeopardy will keep everyone's attention, have others second-guessing their own thoughts & shock some.

As with any thriller, there might be clues along the way but will the details lead the reader along the right path or be a shocking bluff?


Dark moments definitely rear their ugly heads several times in the text & human-lead darkness never makes for easy reading but this book also has its own gripping style.


Thank you for having me on this tour #PushkinPress

*The Wolf Hunt* was originally published in Hebrew with the title *Relocation* by Achuzat Bayit, Tel Aviv in 2021.

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