![]() ![]() And there are so many levels of meaning in this densely written book.Īll the hype has been true in this case: Wroblewski has crafted a masterpiece of American literature. ![]() ![]() The novel is truly not about dogs, on its deepest levels. It hasn’t converted me from being a “cat person,” but I did enjoy it. Despite its being so descriptive of the breeding and training of this family’s dogs, and about their relationship to Edgar, I still was able to appreciate the novel. Not being a dog person in the least, I was hesitant to read this novel but gave in because of all the glowing reviews it has received since it came out earlier this summer. ![]() It’s about his relationship with those dogs and with the father who dies young and possibly mysteriously and is displaced by the uncle who has been out of the picture for years. It’s about a boy born mute to parents who breed and train specialized dogs. How many books in this genre pattern themselves after Shakespeare’s Hamlet? And that’s just the very bare bones of The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. But in the case of David Wroblewski’s debut novel, the story of a boy and his dog(s) is anything but common. The story of a boy and his dog is a common theme in literature. ![]()
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