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The lost dog : a novel
- Title
- The lost dog : a novel / Michelle de Kretser.
- Author
- De Kretser, Michelle.
- Publication
- New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2008.
- Supplementary Content
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PR9619.4.D4 L67 2008 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 326 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- "Tom Loxley, an Indian-Australian professor, is less concerned with finishing his book on Henry James than with finding his dog, who is lost in the bush. Joining his daily hunt is Nelly Zhang, an artist whose husband disappeared mysteriously years before Tom met her. Although Nelly helps him search for his beloved pet, Tom isn't sure if he should trust this new friend. She is indirect on some important matters and withholds affection, but she is also entertaining and generous with her time." "Tom has preoccupations other than his book and Nelly and his missing dog, mainly concerning his mother, who is suffering from the various indignities of old age. He is constantly drawn from the cerebral to the primitive - by his mother's infirmities, as well as by Nelly's attractions. The Lost Dog makes use of the conventions of suspense and atmosphere while leading us to see anew the conflicts between our bodies and our minds, the present and the past, the primal and the civilized."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Mystery fiction.
- Love stories.
- Note
- Originally published: Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2007.
- ISBN
- 9780316001830
- 031600183X
- LCCN
- 2007043331
- 40015384500
- OCLC
- ocn180689969
- 180689969
- SCSB-5406846
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries