David Wroblewski Knihy

Edgar Sawtelle, ktorý bol od narodenia nemý, žil s rodičmi na farme na odľahlom severe Wisconsinu. Hoci Edgar komunikoval s rodičmi a okolím iba prostredníctvom posunkov, jeho život bol idylický a šťastný. Rodina Sawtellovcov chovala a cvičila psy, ktoré sami vyšľachtili. Sawttelovské psy vynikali poslušnosťou, inteligenciou a vernosťou, a preto sa aj stali Edgarovými najbližšími priateľmi a spojencami. Idylu pokojného vidieckeho života na farme naruší príchod Clauda, Edgarovho strýka. Medzi otcom a Claudom dochádza k prudkým hádkam, rovnako ako za ich mladých čias, akoby nad nimi od narodenia visela kliatba bratskej nevraživosti. Keď Edgarov otec náhle zomrie, Claude sa postupne votrie do života na farme a aj do srdca Edgarovej mamy...

'A story-telling bonfire as enthralling in its pages as it is illuminating of our fragile and complicated humanity. Familiaris is as expansive and enlightening a saga as has ever been written' Tom Hanks'Impossibly wise, impossibly ambitious, impossibly beautiful' Richard Russo'An American tour de force' Colum McCannSpring 1919, and John Sawtelle's imagination has got him into trouble...again. Now John and his newlywed wife, Mary, along with their two best friends and their three dogs, are setting off for Wisconsin's north woods, where they hope to make a fresh start - and to live a life of meaning, purpose, and adventure. But the place they are headed for is far stranger and more perilous than they realize, and it will take all their ingenuity, along with a few new friends - human, animal, and otherworldly - to realise their dreams.By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, mysterious and enchanting, Familiaris takes readers on an unforgettable journey from the halls of a small-town automobile factory, through an epic midwestern firestorm and an ambitious WWII dog training program, examining the dynamics of love and friendship, the vexing nature of families, the universal desire to create something lasting and beautiful, and of course, the species-long partnership between Homo sapiens and Canis familiaris.

1960, au nord du Wisconsin. Le destin d'un jeune garçon muet, dernier en ligne d'une famille d'éleveurs de chiens, qui cherche à confronter l'assassin de son père : obligé de s'enfuir dans la nature sauvage, suivi par trois chiots, il lutte pour sa survie mais devra retourner au chenil. Premier roman.