Woof!: Writers on Dogs - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 067002029X ISBN 13: 9780670020294

Publisher: Viking Adult, 2008

Synopsis

An anthology of essays on the relationship between humans and their canine friends includes Rick Bass's account of the poignant week during which his hunting dog was given a fatal prognosis, Abigail Thomas's struggles with sharing a bed with three dogs, and Denis Johnson's summary of a day in the life with the writer and his bull mastiff. 30,000 first printing.

About this title

About the Author:

Lee Montgomery is the author of The Things Between Us: A Memoir, winner of a 2007 Oregon Book Award, Searching for Emily, and Whose World Is This?, winner of the 2007 Iowa Short Fiction Award. She is currently the editorial director of Tin House Books and executive editor of Tin House magazine.

From Publishers Weekly:

Montgomery (The Things Between Us), a memoirist and executive editor of Tin House magazine, delivers personal essays from writers--including Barry Hannah, Victoria Redel and Denis Johnson (whose essay is written from the point of view of his curiously military-minded bullmastiff, The Colonel)--that capture "the soul essence of dogs" in a way that will touch the hearts of canine owners everywhere. From novelist Tom Grimes's description of his dog Charlie's "zigzagging, semi-Homeric" outings to Lydia Millet's paean to her pug Bug, "a confounding and holy monster," each author presents a memorable dog each possessing much devotion and baffling eccentricity. Other than Millet and Yannick Murphy ("The Sea of Trees")--who presents an ode to Tom, his huge, slobbering and totally good-natured Newfoundland--almost all of the essayists prominently feature descriptions of their dogs' deaths, each of which is affecting but read together can be a profoundly sad experience for those with dogs. This fine collection works best if readers give themselves adequate time for reflection--and sometimes a good cry--between each essay. (Nov.)
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About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Adult
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 067002029X
• ISBN 13: 9780670020294
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Montgomery Lee