The Dog
3 hrs. 58 min.
Description
This is a novel about a city, and its hero and narrator is an ordinary dog. Ivan Tokin’s book, by a modern Serbian author, will easily sit alongside such works as Natsume Sōseki’s “I Am Your Servant, the Cat,” Theodor Hoffmann’s “The Life and Opinions of a Cat Murr,” Mikhail Bulgakov’s “A Dog’s Heart,” and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s “The Little Prince.”
I kept away from both people and dogs—without exception. But on that Tuesday I was wandering near the stadium. There, on the wet grass, a guy was sitting with his head in his hands. To this day, I still don’t understand what made me sit down beside him that time. Zhile was not anything special—one of thousands. But we became friends, and now he is my closest friend. And yet, no matter how attached we are to each other, when the time comes, I will choose freedom.
The novel is made up of short stories. A dog falls in love, fights with the neighbor dogs, reflects on life, gets pulled into adventures, and, without meaning to, makes the reader look at themselves in a new way.
I kept away from both people and dogs—without exception. But on that Tuesday I was wandering near the stadium. There, on the wet grass, a guy was sitting with his head in his hands. To this day, I still don’t understand what made me sit down beside him that time. Zhile was not anything special—one of thousands. But we became friends, and now he is my closest friend. And yet, no matter how attached we are to each other, when the time comes, I will choose freedom.
The novel is made up of short stories. A dog falls in love, fights with the neighbor dogs, reflects on life, gets pulled into adventures, and, without meaning to, makes the reader look at themselves in a new way.
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