Human Animals

About this book

A man puts on a belt and becomes a wolf. A wound inflicted upon an animal appears on a person's body. Across old stories, the boundary between human and beast proves alarmingly easy to cross.

Frank Hamel follows werewolves, magical transformations, wandering souls and the strange recurring details that connect shapeshifting legends from different places. Enchanted skins, injuries and secret identities recur with surprising variations. The changing animal bodies give an eerie shape to fears of violence, appetite and the loss of human identity.