In Tarragona, Chloe Dalton’s debut novel, The Hare and I, is being noted for taking a different approach to human-animal relationships. According to Diari de Tarragona, the book moves beyond the usual focus on friendship, companionship and human self-reflection.
Many stories in this genre use animals to help human characters understand loneliness, care or their own inner lives. Dalton’s novel, by contrast, is described as looking for an external truth, one that does not sit entirely within human experience.
The book still includes some of the familiar elements found in other human-animal narratives. Even so, its main strength is said to lie in what it places outside the human point of view, rather than using the animal only as a mirror for human emotion.
That makes The Hare and I a notable addition to the wider literature conversation in Catalonia. Readers following book coverage across the region can also keep up with related reporting on our news tag page.
For the original coverage, see Diari de Tarragona. More on the author is available via Chloe Dalton’s biography, and the book title can be checked through major book listings such as Waterstones.