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Melodie: A memoir of love and longing
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Melodie: A memoir of love and longing
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Akira Mizubayashi
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:228 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 195,Width 131 |
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| Category/Genre | Memoirs
Dogs as pets |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780522869880
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Melbourne University Press
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| Imprint |
Academic Monographs
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| Publication Date |
28 March 2016 |
| Publication Country |
Australia
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Description
'Akira Mizubayashi is a man whose dog, Melodie, taught him what it means to be human.' RAIMOND GAITA Melodie is the heartfelt memoir of a Japanese man's life with his golden retriever-or rather of his golden retriever's life with him. Fidelity, patience, attachment, love and family ties are illuminated through the demands and joys of living with a large dog in a small apartment in Tokyo. Akira Mizubayashi's attachment to Melodie profoundly transforms how he lives his life and makes him reimagine the nature of relationships between humans and animals. In his homage to Melodie, Mizubayashi offers a moving account of faithful love and compromise.
Author Biography
Professor Mizubayashi teaches French at Sophia University in Tokyo and has written three books in French. Melodie, chronique d'une passion won the Prix litteraire 30 millions d'amis and this is the fi rst time it has been translated into English. His latest work is Petit eloge de l'errance. Translator Stephanie Anderson has worked as a researcher and tutor at ANU.
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