Peter Stockwell

So distant from our cosy 21st Century world is that harsh and hostile environment of the ice age that it takes a huge leap of imagination to even conceive how our ancestors (albeit distant) were able to survive. How did they understand a punishing world without all the gadgetry to which we have become so accustomed? How did they find food? How did they keep warm without central heating? What did they believe? And what motivated them?

In The Horse Painters Peter Stockwell has managed to create an image of this period that not only captures the bleak other-worldliness of this glacial epoch, but also makes his characters sympathetic and even recognisable as long lost cousins.

The narrative of The Horse Painters tells the story of two teenage brothers, Umalik and Aku, who set out to avenge their sister’s murder. The boys’ mission, however, is not a simple question of blind retribution. In a world still governed by superstition and omens, the death of their sister - whose artistic skills was believed to be key to providing enough animals to hunt - could signal starvation and death for their family.

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