| Product Summary | | Format: Paperback | | ISBN: 9780061374234 | | Publisher: Harper Perennial | | Publish Date: 9/8/2009 | | Buy.com Sku: 209923547 | | Item#: | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 68799 | | Dimensions (in Inches) 8H x 5.5L x 1T |
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| | | A riveting family saga, "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" explores the deep and ancient alliance between humans and dogs, and the power of fate through one boy''s epic journey into the wild.
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In this enchanting debut novel, a mute boy with the ability to communicate with dogs becomes suspicious of his uncle after the death of his father--a plot readers of HAMLET will find familiar. However, there is much more going on in this novel than merely a reenactment of Shakespeare's play: THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE is full of strange magic, lyrical prose, and a love of animals that are uniquely its own. Author David Wroblewski toiled on the novel for ten years, and the result is a rich and lovingly crafted book with a timeless classic quality. Selected as one of the 2008 Best Books of the Year by Publishers Weekly.
| Praise| "[T]he most enchanting debut novel of the summer. Written over a decade by the heretofore unknown David Wroblewski and arriving as a bolt from the blue, this is a great, big, mesmerizing read, audaciously envisioned as classic Americana." - Janet Maslin 06/18/2008 "[A] classic coming-of-age story with an ironic twist. Sustained by a momentum that has the crushing inevitability of fate, the propulsive narrative will have readers sucked in all the way through the breathtaking final scenes." (starred review) 02/18/2008 "A stately, wonderfully written debut novel...Highly recommended." 04/01/2008 |
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