"Hunden" by Kerstin Ekman? We spotted in the bookstore, and it looked very interesting...it's written from the dog's point of view (I think
( Read more... )
I hadn't heard about it, but it sounds interesting. It has apparently also been published recently in English. Reminds me of "Timbuktu" by Paul Auster, another short novel written, at least to some extent from what I recall, from the P.O.V. of a dog, but I'm sure there must be a few other such works out there as well.
Many years ago I read a couple of novels by Jack London, Call of the Wild and White Fang, which were also written from a dog’s point of view. I remember them as being very good books, at least from the point of view of my 12-year old self. ;)
Both Timbuktu and Swandog’s featured The Dog by Kerstin Ekman sound like interesting books too - thank you both for the recommendations! I’ve always been fascinated by well-written non-human narrators, as evidenced by the content of my bookshelf, so these books promise to be interesting. I hesitate to attempt either the Swedish or Norwegian version of the latter, though; I fear my Scandinavian is not up to the challenge. I’ll add the English version to my Amazon.uk list instead. ^_^
Lately, most of my new book purchases have been based on recommendations from friends online, and I’ve got to read a lot of excellent books that I wouldn’t otherwise have known existed! So if you have some favourites of this genre/type, please do share. :)
Comments 8
Thank you for the information!
sincerely,
~ Miles T.F. Baxxter
Reply
Both Timbuktu and Swandog’s featured The Dog by Kerstin Ekman sound like interesting books too - thank you both for the recommendations! I’ve always been fascinated by well-written non-human narrators, as evidenced by the content of my bookshelf, so these books promise to be interesting. I hesitate to attempt either the Swedish or Norwegian version of the latter, though; I fear my Scandinavian is not up to the challenge. I’ll add the English version to my Amazon.uk list instead. ^_^
Reply
Reply
Lately, most of my new book purchases have been based on recommendations from friends online, and I’ve got to read a lot of excellent books that I wouldn’t otherwise have known existed! So if you have some favourites of this genre/type, please do share. :)
Reply
Leave a comment