The Boy and the Dog: A Novel

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Dog's journey weaves connection, resilience, and love.

If you cherish stories that demonstrate the profound connections between humans and animals, "The Boy and the Dog" will warm your heart. It's a tale that celebrates resilience, showcasing how a single canine can mend broken spirits and unite disparate lives. The book stitches a tapestry of emotions with threads of love and belonging, inviting you to walk alongside Tamon on a transformative journey through a vividly depicted Japanese landscape.

  • Naoki Prize 直木三十五賞 (2020)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Boy and the Dog: A Novel

Regular price $16.90
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per
ISBN: 9780593300411
Publisher: Viking
Date of Publication: 2022-11-15
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Contemporary, Drama, Literary Fiction
Goodreads rating: 4.02
(rated by 4564 readers)

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One dog changes the life of everyone who takes him in on his journey to reunite with his first owner in this inspiring tribute to the bond between humans and dogs and the life-affirming power of connection. Following a devastating earthquake and tsunami, a young man in Japan finds a stray dog outside a convenience store. The dog's tag says "Tamon," a name evocative of the guardian deity of the north. The man decides to keep Tamon, becoming the first in a series of owners on the dog's five-year journey to find his beloved first owner, Hikaru, a boy who has not spoken since the tsunami. An agent of fate, Tamon is a gift to everyone who welcomes him into their life. At once heart-rending and heart-warming, intimate and panoramic, suspenseful and luminous--and deepened in its emotion by the author's mastery of the gritty details and hardscrabble circumstances that define the lives of the various people who take Tamon in on his journey--this bestselling, award-winning novel weaves a feel-good tale of survival, resilience, and love beyond measure.
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Dog's journey weaves connection, resilience, and love.

If you cherish stories that demonstrate the profound connections between humans and animals, "The Boy and the Dog" will warm your heart. It's a tale that celebrates resilience, showcasing how a single canine can mend broken spirits and unite disparate lives. The book stitches a tapestry of emotions with threads of love and belonging, inviting you to walk alongside Tamon on a transformative journey through a vividly depicted Japanese landscape.

  • Naoki Prize 直木三十五賞 (2020)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.