The Dogs of Babel – Dogs as Our Witnesses
Author Carolyn Parkhurst The Dogs of Babel on How Dogs Act as Our Witnesses
Carolyn Parkhurst wrote this beautiful quote on how dogs fit into our lives.
Here is a blurb on her book, The Dogs of Babel.
“An inventive first novel…. I thought I knew a lot about love and grief…. but after allowing myself to be swept up by [Parkhurst’s] story…I found that I had gained fresh insights into those as well.” —New York Times Book Review
When his wife dies in a fall from a tree in their backyard, linguist Paul Iverson is wild with despair. In the days that follow, Paul becomes certain that Lexy’s death was no accident. Strange clues have been left behind: unique, personal messages that only she could have left and that he is determined to decipher. So begins Paul’s fantastic and perilous search for the truth, as he abandons his every-day life to embark on a series of experiments designed to teach his dog Lorelei to communicate. Is this the project of a madman? Or does Lorelei really have something to tell him about the last afternoon of a woman he only thought he knew? At the same time, Paul obsessively recalls the early days of his love for Lexy and the ups and downs of life with the brilliant, sometimes unsettling woman who became his wife.
Written with a quiet elegance and a profound knowledge of love’s hidden places, The Dogs of Babel is a novel of astonishing and lasting power—a story of marriage, survival, and devotion that lies too deep for words.
- A New York Times Notable Book
- A Booklist Editor’s Choice 2003
- A BookSense 76 Pick
- One of The Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s Top 10 of 2003
- One of the Detroit Free Press Top 10 of 2003
- A BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB MAIN SELECTION
For more on Carolyn Parkhurst visit her website.
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