Books
by Carolyn Parkhurst
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The Dogs of Babel |
Paul Iverson's wife Lexy is found dead having fallen from an apple tree, or did she jump? Desperate to discover how she really died, Paul tries to teach her dog, Lorelei, to speak. Lexy's whimsical personality, her erratic behaviour, and the passionate relationship between them emerges through retrospection. The daily agony of grief, and the extraordinary behaviour of a normally rational Linguistics Professor, is brilliantly depicted, as is the heart wrenching story of the dog.
(Polly Sams Plant - bwl 32 November 2005) |
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