Overview
El autor de La ladrona de libros, que conquistó a más de 10.000.000 de lectores, vuelve con un memoir sincero, conmovedor y lleno de humor sobre su adopción de tres perros abandonados.
«Divertido y encantador […]. Una conmovedora historia sobre el vínculo que puede formarse entre un humano y un sabueso». - The Times
Primero fue Reuben, lobo feroz con sierras en lugar de dientes; luego Archer, rubio, bello y letal; y finalmente llegó Frosty, una bola afable y rencorosa. Son los tres perros salvajes y leales que llegan a casa de los Zusak para poner patas arriba a la familia y, al mismo tiempo, completarla. Lo que sigue resulta inevitable: peleas callejeras, rifirrafes en el parque, daños corporales y psicológicos, tragedia y amor encarnizados, pero, sobre todo, la configuración de una constelación de afectos en torno a la necesidad humana (y animal) de pertenecer a un clan.
Libro sorprendente, tierno y sincero sobre nuestro anhelo de establecer vínculos y de ponerlos a prueba y carta de amor a estos seres que llegan a nuestras vidas y las cambian para siempre, Tres perros salvajes es también una ventana al mundo interior de un escritor que ha conquistado a más de diez millones de lectores con sus novelas.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
WINNER OF THE AUSTRALIAN INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION
“Playful and poignant . . . will be enjoyed by readers of the best dog tales, such as The Art of Racing in the Rain, for its ability to evoke both the aggravation and deep love that dogs foster.”—BookPage
In this poignant, funny, and disarmingly honest memoir, one of the world’s most beloved storytellers, the number one New York Times bestselling author of The Book Thief, tells of his family’s adoption of three troublesome rescue dogs—a charming and courageous love story about making even the most incorrigible animals family.
There’s a madman dog beside me, and the hounds of memory ahead of us . . . It’s love and beasts and wild mistakes, and regret, but never to change things.
What happens when the Zusak family opens their home to three big, wild, street-hardened dogs—Reuben, more wolf than hound; Archer, blond, beautiful, destructive; and the rancorously smiling Frosty, who walks like a rolling thunderstorm?
The answer can only be chaos: There are street fights, park fights, public shamings, property damages, injuries, hospital visits, wellness checks, pure comedy, shocking tragedy, and carnage that must be read to be believed.
There is a reckoning of shortcomings and failure, a strengthening of will, but most important of all, an explosion of love—and the joy and recognition of family.
Three Wild Dogs (and the Truth) is a tender, motley, and exquisitely written memoir about the human need for both connection and disorder, a love letter to the animals who bring hilarity and beauty—but also the visceral truth of the natural world—straight to our doors and into our lives and change us forever.
«Divertido y encantador […]. Una conmovedora historia sobre el vínculo que puede formarse entre un humano y un sabueso». - The Times
Primero fue Reuben, lobo feroz con sierras en lugar de dientes; luego Archer, rubio, bello y letal; y finalmente llegó Frosty, una bola afable y rencorosa. Son los tres perros salvajes y leales que llegan a casa de los Zusak para poner patas arriba a la familia y, al mismo tiempo, completarla. Lo que sigue resulta inevitable: peleas callejeras, rifirrafes en el parque, daños corporales y psicológicos, tragedia y amor encarnizados, pero, sobre todo, la configuración de una constelación de afectos en torno a la necesidad humana (y animal) de pertenecer a un clan.
Libro sorprendente, tierno y sincero sobre nuestro anhelo de establecer vínculos y de ponerlos a prueba y carta de amor a estos seres que llegan a nuestras vidas y las cambian para siempre, Tres perros salvajes es también una ventana al mundo interior de un escritor que ha conquistado a más de diez millones de lectores con sus novelas.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
WINNER OF THE AUSTRALIAN INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION
“Playful and poignant . . . will be enjoyed by readers of the best dog tales, such as The Art of Racing in the Rain, for its ability to evoke both the aggravation and deep love that dogs foster.”—BookPage
In this poignant, funny, and disarmingly honest memoir, one of the world’s most beloved storytellers, the number one New York Times bestselling author of The Book Thief, tells of his family’s adoption of three troublesome rescue dogs—a charming and courageous love story about making even the most incorrigible animals family.
There’s a madman dog beside me, and the hounds of memory ahead of us . . . It’s love and beasts and wild mistakes, and regret, but never to change things.
What happens when the Zusak family opens their home to three big, wild, street-hardened dogs—Reuben, more wolf than hound; Archer, blond, beautiful, destructive; and the rancorously smiling Frosty, who walks like a rolling thunderstorm?
The answer can only be chaos: There are street fights, park fights, public shamings, property damages, injuries, hospital visits, wellness checks, pure comedy, shocking tragedy, and carnage that must be read to be believed.
There is a reckoning of shortcomings and failure, a strengthening of will, but most important of all, an explosion of love—and the joy and recognition of family.
Three Wild Dogs (and the Truth) is a tender, motley, and exquisitely written memoir about the human need for both connection and disorder, a love letter to the animals who bring hilarity and beauty—but also the visceral truth of the natural world—straight to our doors and into our lives and change us forever.
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