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Sto caricando le informazioni... Uncle Boris in the Yukon and Other Shaggy Dog Stories (2001)di Daniel Pinkwater
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Hilarious. I love Daniel Pinkwater even more now than I did before. ( ) Just didn't engage me. Part of the problem was that I didn't realize, when I picked it up, that it is not a children's book. I mean, probably ages 11 and up can enjoy it - but it's better for adults who will understand assumptions, for example a basic understanding of the Jewish immigrant experience. I enjoyed this quick little read very much. Pinkwater's style is sometimes straightforward, sometimes tongue-in-cheek, sometimes leaning toward the tall tale, and often humorous or touching. He has certainly known his share of quirky pets (and even more quirky humans) and he tells about them with affection. I've borrowed this from two libraries, one putting it with other animal books in adult non-fiction and the other classifying it as adult fiction. In either case, the book is a series of stories about Daniel Pinkwater's life as it relates to the animals in it. Sad and funny. I'm not a lover of animals, but I enjoyed reading it. Autobiography, not of his whole life, but of his relationships with a series of dogs. Entertainingly told by a lively children's storyteller and broadcaster. The illustrations, by his wife, are delightful. On the downside, it stops and starts a lot, like anecdotes strung together rather than a single unit of text, and I'd read many of the best stories in a previous book of his (Fish Whistle) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
There have been books about dogs since books began -- manuals on training and raising them, stories featuring dogs, and memoirs seen through the eyes of dogs. Lately, there has been a rash of books that purport to tell us what dogs are thinking, such as the bestselling "What Dogs Are Thinking." This is a book about a Jewish boy and his sled dogs -- also a couple of wolves, a parrot or two...and Pinkwater's uncle...and his father. Daniel Pinkwater, prodigious author of books for children, popular commentator on National Public Radio, and dog trainer to the stars, is unclear about what dogs are thinking. In fact, he appears to be completely baffled by them. He considers himself lucky that his dog does not foul the carpet, bite people, or run in traffic. Unlike every other dog book ever written, this one does not make the reader feel more stupid than the author. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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