Acts of Dog

Acts of Dog

by Debra Adelaide
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 01/08/2011

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‘Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.’Groucho Marx.


'I am sure God is a dog, otherwise whatever is the point?' 'Dog is God spelt properly.' Llama Surya Das


The theme of dogs provides limitless inspiration. Here, a collection of talented writers offers stories and memoirs based on dogs - dogs real, dogs dead, dogs imagined, dogs desired.


Contributors include Louis Nowra, Sue Woolfe, Barry Dickins, Robyn Williams and Carmel Bird - all responded to the invitation of writing a dog story in completely different, entertaining and exciting ways. Some of the writers in this collection mine memory for their dog stories, some write of the possibility of a dog-filled future, others of the very immediate presence of the dogs in their lives.


Proxy, accidental, reluctant or passionate owners of dogs, these writers all offer fresh and intriguing perspectives on the person-dog relationship. Acts of Dog is the ultimate gift for lovers of dogs and fine writing.

ISBN:
9781742746241
9781742746241
Category:
Literary essays
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
01-08-2011
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Australia
Debra Adelaide

Debra Adelaide is the author or editor of more than fourteen books, including the best-selling Motherlove series (1996-98) and Acts of Dog (2003).

Her novels include The Hotel Albatross (1995), Serpent Dust (1998) and the best-selling The Household Guide to Dying (2008), which was sold around the world.

In 2013 she published her first collection of short stories, Letter to George Clooney, which was long- and short-listed for three literary awards. Her most recent book is the edited collection, The Simple Act of Reading (2015). She is an associate professor in creative writing at the University of Technology, Sydney.

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