David Wroblewski Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

'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.

Born mute, speaking only in sign, Edgar Sawtelle leads an idyllic life with his parents on their farm in remote northern Wisconsin. For generations, the Sawtelles have raised and trained a fictional breed of dog whose thoughtful companionship is epitomized by Almondine, Edgar's lifelong friend and ally. But with the unexpected return of Claude, Edgar's paternal uncle, turmoil consumes the Sawtelles' once peaceful home. When Edgar's father dies suddenly, Claude insinuates himself into the life of the farm—and into Edgar's mother's affections. Grief-stricken and bewildered, Edgar tries to prove Claude played a role in his father's death, but his plan backfires—spectacularly. Forced to flee into the vast wilderness lying beyond the farm, Edgar comes of age in the wild, fighting for his survival and that of the three yearling dogs who follow him. But his need to face his father's murderer and his devotion to the Sawtelle dogs turn Edgar ever homeward. David Wroblewski is a master storyteller, and his breathtaking scenes—the elemental north woods, the sweep of seasons, an iconic American barn, a fateful vision rendered in the falling rain—create a riveting family saga, a brilliant exploration of the limits of language, and a compulsively readable modern classic.

Prima e più degli uomini, i cani sanno cogliere ciò che ci riserva il futuro. Almondine è poco più che un cucciolo della razza speciale che la famiglia Sawtelle alleva da generazioni quando capisce che la casa in cui vive nasconde un segreto: l'arrivo di un bambino, Edgar, il figlio dei suoi padroni, giunto da "chissà quale mondo distante, silenzioso nella gioia e silenzioso nel dolore". Perché Edgar Sawtelle, di cui Almondine diventerà l'inseparabile compagna, è nato senza voce. Parla una lingua fatta di gesti con i genitori e con i cuccioli con cui condivide le giornate, è vivace, intelligente, straordinariamente sensibile, e imparerà con passione il difficile e affascinante mestiere dell'addestratore. Ma quando un'oscura tragedia sconvolge la vita di Edgar e quella della sua famiglia, sarà un'epica fuga nella foresta a segnare il passaggio a una crudele età adulta. La storia di Edgar Sawtelle, caso letterario dell'anno negli Stati Uniti ai primissimi posti delle classifiche per molti mesi, è un romanzo dal respiro classico sul potere di un'amicizia che supera i confini delle parole. È la storia dell'amore per un mondo, quello dei cani, dipinto con irresistibile umanità. È una profonda esplorazione dei misteri del cuore.