Louis de Bernières: Red Dog, Kartoniert / Broschiert

Kurzbeschreibung

In Australien kennt jedes Kind diesen Hund: Red Dog. Sein Eigensinn und seine überaus große Reiselust haben ihn quer durch den fünften Kontinent geführt. In den acht Jahren seines erfüllten Hundelebens ist er weit herumgekommen und hat viele Freundschaften geschlossen, von denen noch heute so mancher stolz zu berichten weiß.
Louis de Bernieres, der von diesem sonderbaren Hund gehört hatte, fuhr zwei Mal nach Australien und machte sich auf die Spurensuche. Mit seinem neuen Buch setzt er Red Dog ein unvergleichliches Denkmal. Now a major film starring Josh Lucas - the enchanting story of a very remarkable dog from the author of the bestselling Captain Corelli's Mandolin .

Beschreibung

'In early 1998 I went to Perth in Western Australia in order to attend the literature festival, and part of the arrangement was that I should go to Karratha to do their first ever literary dinner. Karratha is a mining town a long way further north. The landscape is extraordinary, being composed of vast heaps of dark red earth and rock poking out of the never-ending bush. I imagine that Mars must have a similar feel to it.

I went exploring and discovered the bronze statue to Red Dog outside the town of Dampier. I felt straight away that I had to find out more about this splendid dog. A few months later I returned to Western Australia and spent two glorious weeks driving around collecting Red Dog stories and visiting the places that he knew, writing up the text as I went along. I hope my cat never finds out that I have written a story to celebrate the life of a dog.' Louis de Bernieres

Klappentext

A collection of short stories by "Captain Corelli" author, Louis de Bernieres, based on the adventures of a real dog that has become the stuff of legend in a corner of Western Australia. A celebration of an Aussie canine hero, by a writer who has become a household name in recent years. "Contains some of his best writing" "Sunday Times". "Will this become another word-of-mouth "Corelli"-style bestseller? It is certainly possible...life enhancing reading" "Literary Review".