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Dog Boy: Text Classics

By Eva Hornung
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Dog Boy: Text Classics by Eva Hornung explores the life of a young boy who is abandoned in Moscow and finds an unexpected family with a pack of wild dogs. Through his journey of survival, the novel delves into themes of resilience and identity as the boy adapts to his new way of living. It offers an evocative narrative on the intersection between humanity and the animal world.
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You might enjoy this book if you are drawn to stories that delve into the resilience of the human spirit and the bond between humans and animals. Set in the streets of Moscow, it explores themes of survival and belonging through the eyes of a boy who finds a new family with a pack of feral dogs. If you're intrigued by unique explorations of identity and the idea of constructing family beyond conventional boundaries, this book may captivate you.

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Dog Boy: Text Classics

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Winner of the Prime Minister's Literary Award, 2010

Introduced by Yann Martel

Abandoned in a big city at the onset of winter, a hungry four-year-old boy follows a stray dog to her lair. There, in the rich, smelly darkness, in the rub of hair, claws, and teeth, he joins four puppies suckling at their mother's teats. And so begins Romochka's life as a dog.

Weak and hairless, with his useless nose and blunt little teeth, Romochka is ashamed of what a poor dog he makes. But learning how to be something else... that's a skill a human can master. Fortunately, because one day Romochka will have to learn how to be a boy.

The story of the child raised by beasts is timeless. But in Dog Boy, Eva Hornung has created such a vivid and original telling, so viscerally convincing, that it becomes not just new but definitive—yes, this is how it would be.

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Eva Hornung's Dog Boy is praised for its vivid and visceral writing, intertwining the beauty and repulsiveness of animal and human characteristics. The novel's ambitious concept is seen as a triumph, exploring themes of co-dependence between humans and dogs while reimagining the wild child narrative in an urban setting. Critics highlight the book's exploration of human nature, with its compelling and moving depiction of life from a dog's perspective, all contributing to an extraordinary reading experience.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781922182845

Publisher: Text Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 24 February 2016

Country: Australia

Imprint: The Text Publishing Company

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 245g

Pages: 320

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About the Author

Eva Hornung was born in Bendigo and now lives in rural South Australia. Formerly published as Eva Sallis, Hornung is an award-winning writer of literary fiction and criticism: her first novel Hiam won the Australian/Vogel Literary Award in 1997 and the Nita May Dobbie Award in 1999. Her novel The Marsh Birds won the Asher Literary Award 2005 and was shortlisted for numerous awards including the Age Book of the Year 2005, NSW Premier's Literary Award and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize. Eva Hornung's highly acclaimed Dog Boy was shortlisted for numerous prizes and won the Prime Minister's Literary Award in 2010.

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