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The lost dog : a novel / Michelle De Kretser

By:

De Kretser, Michelle

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unvin , 2007Description: 343 p. ; 20 cmISBN:

9781741756067

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Mystery fiction

DDC classification:

FIC KRE

Awards:

Longlisted 2008 Man booker Prize
Winner of the 2008 Christina Stead Prize for fiction
Winner NSW Premier's Literary Awards Book of the Year

Summary: Tom Loxley, an Indian-Australian professor, is less concerned with finishing his book on Henry James than with finding his dog, who is lost in the Australian bush. Joining his daily hunt is Nelly Zhang, an artist whose husband disappeared mysteriously years before Tom met her. Although Nelly helps him search for his beloved pet, Tom isn't sure if he should trust this new friend. Tom has preoccupations other than his book and Nelly and his missing dog, mainly concerning his mother, who is suffering from the various indignities of old age. He is constantly drawn from the cerebral to the primitive - by his mother's infirmities, as well as by Nelly's attractions.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC KRE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		038102

Tom Loxley, an Indian-Australian professor, is less concerned with finishing his book on Henry James than with finding his dog, who is lost in the Australian bush. Joining his daily hunt is Nelly Zhang, an artist whose husband disappeared mysteriously years before Tom met her. Although Nelly helps him search for his beloved pet, Tom isn't sure if he should trust this new friend. Tom has preoccupations other than his book and Nelly and his missing dog, mainly concerning his mother, who is suffering from the various indignities of old age. He is constantly drawn from the cerebral to the primitive - by his mother's infirmities, as well as by Nelly's attractions.

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Longlisted 2008 Man booker Prize

Winner of the 2008 Christina Stead Prize for fiction

Winner NSW Premier's Literary Awards Book of the Year

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