{"product_id":"playing-wolf-hardcover","title":"Playing Wolf - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eZuzana Ríhová\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlex Zucker\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e A couple deep in the woods of a failing marriage find themselves the unwitting victims of a kidnapping plot after they move to a mysterious village in this distinctly poetic and disturbingly elegant horror novel for fans of \u003ci\u003eMidsommar\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Witch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHusband and wife Bohumil and Bohumila, together with their son, move from Prague to a remote village with the hopes of salvaging their marriage. In the searing summer heat, they try to fit in with the villagers, only to be met with hostile stares and evasive lies. Each night, the couple hears what they suspect to be a large animal wandering around their cottage--an impression that oddly corresponds to the mysterious flyers found at the local watering hole regarding a wolfen fairytale. As inexplicable coincidences begin piling up, it's clear something sinister is afoot. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter a drunken night out, Bohumil and Bohumila come home to find the house empty: their son is gone. After three days of searching, they find the villagers in festive costumes gathered outside their cottage. Is it a bizarre game, or some perverse, folkloric ritual? Are Bohumil and Bohumila in danger? And what has happened to their son? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA dark social tale that slides inexorably towards psychological horror, \u003ci\u003ePlaying Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e is a modern ballad of human destiny and discovering the animal in each of us.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eZUZANA ŘÍHOVÁ\u003c\/b\u003e studied Czech Language and Literature and Comparative Literature at the Charles University in Prague. She has been working at the Institute of Czech Literature since 2007 and was Head of Czech Studies at the University of Oxford from 2014-2017. Říhová, who has a lifelong interest in Czech avantgarde literature, has published a collection of poetry, \u003ci\u003eI'll Let You in My House\u003c\/i\u003e (Pustím si tě do domu, 2016), and a novella, \u003ci\u003eLittle Eve \u003c\/i\u003e(Evička, 2018), which was named as one of the Books of the Year in 2018 by a Czech literary web magazine. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eALEX ZUCKER\u003c\/b\u003e's translations include novels by Magdaléna Platzová, Jáchym Topol, Bianca Bellová, Petra Hůlová, and Tomás Zmeskal. He has also Englished plays, subtitles, young adult and children's books, poems, philosophy, art history, and an opera.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.4 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379312652390,"sku":"9781646222278","price":35.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/F9e6dVblm59781646222278.webp?v=1768918495","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/playing-wolf-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}