The Dog

Resumen del libro

In the heart of the tranquil countryside, a young puppy leaves his home to eagerly follow his mother and master. But away from the safe haven of the farm, the puppy soon becomes lost and is left to struggle for survival in the wild. Suddenly, he must find food and a safe place to sleep, and outwit his competitor, the fox. The puppy becomes wild himself, trusting no human and furiously fighting the hunting dogs that enter his domain.

But one man is intrigued by the now-unruly dog and very slowly begins to gain his trust. Each day he visits the dog, bringing food and awakening memories of his distant domestic past. The lost relationship between man and dog is rebuilt in this sensitive and intelligent story about the true nature of trust and friendship.

Biografía del autor

Kerstin Ekman (Risinge, Suecia, 1933) estudió en la Universidad de Upsala y, antes de dedicarse por entero a la escritura, trabajó como maestra y en el mundo del cine, y se dedicó a la crítica literaria. Sus novelas, entre las que se cuentan Ocurrió a orillas del río y En la piel del lobo, la han convertido en una figura eminente de la literatura sueca y han sido traducidas a más de treinta idiomas. En 1978 entró en la Academia Sueca de las Artes y las Letras; sin embargo, en 1989 dimitió por mostrarse en desacuerdo con el modo en que la academia abordó el caso Salman Rushdie. Ha merecido, entre otros prestigiosos galardones, el Premio Selma Lagerlöf 1989.