Multi-award winning French writer First translation into English of this ground-breaking, sensational writer Unexpected and wide-ranging treatment of human-animal relationships Feminist challenge to societal expectations of women's sexualities Will appeal to readers of China Mieville, Henrietta Rose-Innes, Karen Joy Fowler

To Leave with the Reindeer is the account of a woman who has been trained for a life she cannot live. She readies herself for freedom, and questions its limits, by exploring how humans relate to animals. Rosenthal weaves an intricate pattern, combining the central narrative with many other voices - vets, farmers, breeders, trainers, a butcher - to produce a polyphonic composition full of fascinating and disconcerting insights.Wise, precise, generous, To Leave with the Reindeer takes a clear-eyed look at the dilemmas of domestication, both human and animal, and the price we might pay to break free.