The Power of the Dog : A Novel - Softcover

Savage, Thomas; Proulx, Annie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0316610895 ISBN 13: 9780316610896

Publisher: Back Bay Books, 2001

Synopsis

"A pitch-perfect evocation of time and place" (Boston Globe) for readers of East of Eden and "Brokeback Mountain." This new edition, with an afterword by Annie Proulx, marks the return of one of the most powerful and distinctive voices in the literature of the American West.

Set in 1920s Montana, this compelling domestic drama tells the story of two brothers -- and of the woman and young boy, mother and son, whose arrival on the brothers' ranch shatters an already tenuous peace. From the novel's startling first paragraph to its very last word, Thomas Savage's voice -- and the intense passion and cruelty of his characters -- holds readers in thrall.

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, and Paul Dano.

About this title

About the Author:

Thomas Savage was born in 1915 in Salt Lake City and now lives in Virginia. His literary career spans five decades and13 novels, most notably The Power of the Dog (1967) and I Heard My Sister Speak My Name (1977).

Review:

"Gripping and tense...A work of literary art."―Annie Proulx

"A rich and challenging psychodrama...with echoes of East of Eden and Brokeback Mountain."―Peter Beech, The Guardian

"Savage writes like thunder and lightning...Some books are like aquifers under the desert. They rest patiently, bubbling up in springs when we most need them."―Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles Times

"A pitch-perfect evocation of time and place...Savage is a master of narrative technique."―Amanda Heller, Boston Globe

"Thomas Savage is a writer of the first order, and he possesses in abundance the novelist's highest art-the ability to illuminate and move."―The New Yorker

"Thomas Savage is a writer of real consequence...a masterful novelist."―Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post

"The Power of the Dog offers so many pleasures readers will be forgiven if they do not immediately notice that it also engages the grandest themes-among them, the dynamics of the family, the varieties of loves, and the ethos of the American West. Put simply, The Power of the Dog is a masterpiece."―Larry Watson, author of Montana 1948

About this edition

• Publisher: Back Bay Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0316610895
• ISBN 13: 9780316610896
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304