Joe R. Ackerley Knihy

In the 1920s, a young J. R. Ackerley spent several months in India as the personal Secretary to the maharajah of a small principality. In his journals, Ackerley recorded the Maharajah's fantastically eccentric habits and the shambling day-to-day life of his court. Hindoo Holiday is an intimate and very funny account of an exceedingly strange place.

Heartwarming and profound, this account of one writer’s relationship with his beloved German Shepherd is “one of the bonafide dog-lit classics” (New Yorker) The distinguished British man of letters J. R. Ackerley hardly thought of himself as a dog lover when, well into middle age, he came into possession of a German Shepherd. To his surprise, she turned out to be the love of his life, the “ideal friend” he had been searching for in vain for years. My Dog Tulip is a bittersweet retrospective account of their sixteen-year companionship, as well as a profound and subtle meditation on the strangeness that lies at the heart of all relationships. In vivid and sometimes startling detail, Ackerley tells of Tulip’s often erratic behavior and very canine tastes, and of his own fumbling but determined efforts to ensure for her an existence of perfect happiness. My Dog Tulip was adapted for the screen as a major animated feature film with a cast that includes the voices of Christopher Plummer, Lynn Redgrave, and Isabella Rossellini. Heralded as “a stroke of genius" by New York Magazine and “the love story of the year” by Vanity Fair, it is a masterpiece of animal literature that is sure to touch the hearts of anyone who has found companionship with their own four-legged friend.

Dieser kraftvolle Kurzroman, mit seiner außergewöhnlichen Mischung aus scharfem sozialen Realismus und dunkler Fantasie, wurde von J. R. Ackerley selbst als "ein Märchen für Erwachsene" beschrieben. Frank, der Erzähler, ist ein mittelalterlicher Beamter, intelligent, scharfzüngig, selbstgerecht und wütend. Er ist in Johnny verliebt, einen jungen, verheirateten Arbeiter mit einer angenehm lässigen Art. Als Johnny wegen eines kleinen Diebstahls ins Gefängnis kommt, gerät Frank in einen Konflikt mit Johnnys Frau und Eltern um den Zugang zu ihm. Ihr Kampf findet einen seltsamen Fokus in Johnnys Hund - einem schönen, aber vernachlässigten Deutschen Schäferhund namens Evie. Und letztendlich wird sie zur unwahrscheinlichen und unbestreitbaren Hüterin von Franks innerer Welt.