{"product_id":"a-dogs-head-jean-dutourd-9780226174921","title":"A Dog's Head","description":"Jean Dutourd's \u003ci\u003eA Dog's Head\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderful piece of magical realism, reminiscent of Voltaire, Borges and Kafka. With biting wit, Dutourd presents the story of Edmund Du Chaillu, a boy born, to his bourgeois parents's horror, with the head of a spaniel. Edmund must endure his school-mate's teasing as well as an urge to carry a newspaper in his mouth. This is the story of his life, trials, and joys as he searches for a normal life of worth and love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Dutourd is a fine craftsman, whose work has the classic virtues of brevity, lucidity, and concentration. He has written a sardonic divertissement that concerns itself with fundamental problems of man's existence-a tale that is sad-eyed, witty, and often very funny.\"--Charles J. Rolo, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A tiny masterpiece in the French classical tradition. . . . Stylish, elegant and witty, and told with an apparent lightheartedness that points to rather than obscures the hero's essential tragedy.\"--P. L. Travers, \u003ci\u003eNew York Herald Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Wit, a good deal of shrewd classical allusion, and a Voltarian satire are the book's assets.\"--Edmund Fuller, \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The work of an expert craftsman and of a careful writer of prose, ending with the rarest gift in modern letters: the comic spirit.\"--Henri Peyre, \u003ci\u003eThe Saturday Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Dutourd might well have dropped his story at this point, had it been his intention simply to excoriate the human race for its treatment of those who are physically afflicted. Instead, he presses on in his terse, deadpan prose to teach a lesson to the afflicted of the world as well.\"--\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA Dog's Head\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most curious, most beautifully conceived and written fantasies you've ever come across.\"--J. H. Jackson, \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA Dog's Head\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent joke in the worst possible taste, and its author, M. Jean Dutourd, is a satirist of the first rank.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jean Dutourd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226174921\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226174921\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/20\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.30w x 0.51d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/12\/1998 pg. 32","brand":"Jean Dutourd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056652906751,"sku":"9780226174921","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3fb3f499-c63a-4be0-bd23-0ae4ca129849.jpg?v=1685042516","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-dogs-head-jean-dutourd-9780226174921","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}