Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Poseidon Pr
Date Published: 1990-02
ISBN-13:9780671634711ISBN:0671634712
Description: Good. *** Softcover in Good condition. Binding cracking, but pages secure and clean. No previous owner names. Smudging to cover, edgewear. *** read more
Edition: Reprint Edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780671634711ISBN:0671634712
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Reprint quality trade paperback in VG, gently used condition. Unmarked, square copy with faint reading crease to spine. 160pp. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Fleet
Date Published: ? printing, 1965
Description: Very Good-/Good ex library hard cover. 12mo, cloth, 159pp. ex library with dewey i.d. inked spine dust jacket and cover, remnants inside back cover and back end page of envelope and date sheet, perforated library stamp, and pencilled i.d. of book. edgewear, chips, small tears, rubbing, dust jacket. shelfwear, corners bumped, cover. clean and tight text. animals. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Date Published: 1999-09-01
ISBN-13:9780940322110ISBN:0940322110
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: NYRB Classics
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780940322110ISBN:0940322110
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Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS, INC Country = UNITED STATES
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780940322110ISBN:0940322110
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 202 pages. (202 pages) a fascinating, tender and true story of a friendsh1p between one man and his dog. edition new ed (Paperback) read more
"The 1956 classic of animal literature avoids the treackly oversentimentality of so many inferior works. Instead, Ackerley (man-of-letters, WWI prisoner of war, and editor of the BBC's influential The Listener) gives us such passages as,
"She attends socially to a wide range of objects. The commonest group are the droppings, both liquid and solid, of other animals. Fresh horse dung has a special attraction for her and is always liberally sprayed. Then she sprinkles any food that has been thrown about--buns, bones, fish, bread, vomit--unless it is food she wishes to eat. Dead and decaying animals are carefully attended to. There are advanced stages of decay, when flesh turns into a kind of tallow, which affect her so deeply that urination appears to be an inadequate expression of her feelings. Try as she may she cannot lift her leg, and tottering round the object in a swooning way would prostrate herself upon it if the meddling voice of authority did not intervene." (48)
Who knew that a chapter dedicated to a dog's voidings could be so...charming?
Even if you "hate dog books" (Eric), you ought to give this one a try."
"A beautiful meditation on Ackerley's devotion to his German shepherd and hers to him. Wonderfully written, moving, at times quite funny. One gets the impression that Ackerley studied his dog's every move, every expression. Kudos to New York Review of Books Classics for bringing this book back into print. An animated film version of the book is forthcoming."
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