The Philosopher and the Wolf : Lessons From the Wild on Love, Death and Happiness

Author: Rowlands, Mark

Memoirs

Published on 7 December 2017 by GRANTA BOOKS in the United Kingdom.

Paperback / softback | 256 pages
129 x 197 x 17 | 182g

This fascinating book charts the relationship between Mark Rowlands, a rootless philosopher, and Brenin, his extraordinarily well-travelled wolf. More than just an exotic pet, Brenin exerted an immense influence on Rowlands as both a person, and, strangely enough, as a philosopher, leading him to re-evaluate his attitude to love, happiness, nature and death. By turns funny (what do you do when your wolf eats your air-conditioning unit?) and poignant, this life-affirming classic of popular philosophy will make you reappraise what it means to be human.