The Boy and the Dog
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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 novel about the bond between humans and dogs and the life-affirming power of connection.
Dogs had a special relationship to humans. . . . They understood the human heart and were attuned to it in a way no other creature was.
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 heartrending and heartwarming, 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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The dog and the boy- bonded together even when not
Oh! Ich kann nicht ganz fassen wie ich dieses Buch gemocht habe. Es hatte einige Seiten gedauert um weiter zu lesen, aber es war so worth it! 🐶 !SPOILER! Es lehrt den Weg von Unglück zu Glück und wieder Unglück. Ein Weg den man nicht alleine gehen muss, denn jemand ist immer da. Vorallem das Tier, ein Hund oder eine Katze, sie sind immer für einen da und diese lässt man immer nah an sich in schlechten Zeiten. Wenn man niemanden anderen damit belästigen möchte. Schattigen Tagen auf die sonnigen kommt, aber dies auch schnell eine böse Endung hat, das "jeder" stirbt hätte ich nicht gedacht. Aber dass das Ende so schön aber zu gleich sooo traurig geworden ist. Darauf habe ich mich nicht gefasst und hatte es so garnicht predicten können! 😔
Extremely lovely and easy-going, simple writing style and pacing! I really brushed through this book like a breeze, but in a good way! I was very intrigued to get to know such drastically different characters in this book as they all intertwine with Tamon's (the dog) journey and each add their own weight and memories. I was however sooooo not prepared for the dark and realistic twists and especially the end .... It's overall pretty consistently sad through and through, and I absolutely get why people see Tamon as sort of an angel of death. It reminds me of the theory that Totoro from "My Neighbor Totoro" is also a similar spirit/demon that guides the kids into the afterlife. I would still 1000% recommend reading it because in combination of death, this book is also so full of life! In all it's complexities and relations and yadayadayada. Be sure that you're in a sort of stable headspace though, just to not be too overwhelmed by the snowballing of feelings.
Every one of us (and with "us" I mean every single soul on the internet) is bombarded with book recommendations on the daily - which is great; I have found a few of my favorite books thanks to you guys, and I wouldn't want to miss it. But there is also a special magic in randomly finding books one has never heard of while browsing in a bookstore, as was the case with this little novel: "The Boy and the Dog"
Description
One dog changes the life of everyone who takes him in on his journey to reunite with his first owner in this inspiring novel about the bond between humans and dogs and the life-affirming power of connection.
Dogs had a special relationship to humans. . . . They understood the human heart and were attuned to it in a way no other creature was.
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 heartrending and heartwarming, 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.
Book Information
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The dog and the boy- bonded together even when not
Oh! Ich kann nicht ganz fassen wie ich dieses Buch gemocht habe. Es hatte einige Seiten gedauert um weiter zu lesen, aber es war so worth it! 🐶 !SPOILER! Es lehrt den Weg von Unglück zu Glück und wieder Unglück. Ein Weg den man nicht alleine gehen muss, denn jemand ist immer da. Vorallem das Tier, ein Hund oder eine Katze, sie sind immer für einen da und diese lässt man immer nah an sich in schlechten Zeiten. Wenn man niemanden anderen damit belästigen möchte. Schattigen Tagen auf die sonnigen kommt, aber dies auch schnell eine böse Endung hat, das "jeder" stirbt hätte ich nicht gedacht. Aber dass das Ende so schön aber zu gleich sooo traurig geworden ist. Darauf habe ich mich nicht gefasst und hatte es so garnicht predicten können! 😔
Extremely lovely and easy-going, simple writing style and pacing! I really brushed through this book like a breeze, but in a good way! I was very intrigued to get to know such drastically different characters in this book as they all intertwine with Tamon's (the dog) journey and each add their own weight and memories. I was however sooooo not prepared for the dark and realistic twists and especially the end .... It's overall pretty consistently sad through and through, and I absolutely get why people see Tamon as sort of an angel of death. It reminds me of the theory that Totoro from "My Neighbor Totoro" is also a similar spirit/demon that guides the kids into the afterlife. I would still 1000% recommend reading it because in combination of death, this book is also so full of life! In all it's complexities and relations and yadayadayada. Be sure that you're in a sort of stable headspace though, just to not be too overwhelmed by the snowballing of feelings.
Every one of us (and with "us" I mean every single soul on the internet) is bombarded with book recommendations on the daily - which is great; I have found a few of my favorite books thanks to you guys, and I wouldn't want to miss it. But there is also a special magic in randomly finding books one has never heard of while browsing in a bookstore, as was the case with this little novel: "The Boy and the Dog"