My Dog Tulip - Couverture souple

Ackerley, J. R.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 014011677X ISBN 13 : 9780140116779

Editeur : Penguin, 1989

Synopsis

This is a courtly love story about Ackerley's Alsatian bitch, Tulip. It is published to tie in with the film edition of his other canine production "We Think the World of You".

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Now a Major Motion Picture

The distinguished British man of letters J. R. Ackerley hardlythought of himself as a dog lover when, well into middleage, he came into possession of a German shepherd. Tohis surprise, she turned out to be the love of his life, the“ideal friend” he had been searching for in vain for years. My Dog Tulip is a bittersweet retrospective account of theirsixteen-year companionship, as well as a profound andsubtle meditation on the strangeness that lies at the heartof all relationships. In vivid and sometimes startling detail, Ackerley tells of Tulip’s often erratic behavior and very canine tastes, and of his own fumbling but determinedefforts to ensure for her an existence of perfect happiness.

My Dog Tulip has been adapted to screen as a major animated feature film with a cast that includes the voices of Christopher Plummer, Lynn Redgrave, and Isabella Rossellini. It has been heralded as "A stroke of genius" by New York Magazine and "The love story of the year" by Vanity Fair.

Revue de presse

"My Dog Tulip is the sublime and amusing tale of a cranky English intellectual who finds his 'ideal friend' in the form of an Alsatian bitch." --The Philadelphia Inquirer

"To dog lovers, by the way, I recommend My Dog Tulip by J. R. Ackerley--by far the best 'animal book' I've ever read." --Julia Glass

 

"One of the greatest books ever written by anybody in the world." --Truman Capote

 

"[The] first highbrow dog book ever written." --Punch Magazine

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"[One of the] greatest masterpieces of animal literature." --Christopher Isherwood

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin
• Date d'édition: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 014011677X
• ISBN 13: 9780140116779
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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