{"product_id":"the-boy-and-the-dog-isbn-9780593300411","title":"The Boy and the Dog","description":"\u003cb\u003e“An amazing, beautiful book . . . It shows how one dog’s dignified presence can bring connection and love to a fractured world.” ―Cat Warren, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWhat the Dog Knows\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne dog changes the life of everyone who takes him in on his journey to reunite with his first owner in this inspiring novel about the bond between humans and dogs and the life-affirming power of connection.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDogs had a special relationship to humans. . . . They understood the human heart and were attuned to it in a way no other creature was.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing a devastating earthquake and tsunami, a young man in Japan finds a stray dog outside a convenience store. The dog’s tag says “Tamon,” a name evocative of the guardian deity of the north. The man decides to keep Tamon, becoming the first in a series of owners on the dog’s five-year journey to find his beloved first owner, Hikaru, a boy who has not spoken since the tsunami. An agent of fate, Tamon is a gift to everyone who welcomes him into their life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt once heartrending and heartwarming, intimate and panoramic, suspenseful and luminous--and deepened in its emotion by the author’s mastery of the gritty details and hardscrabble circumstances that define the lives of the various people who take Tamon in on his journey--this bestselling, award-winning novel weaves a feel-good tale of survival, resilience, and love beyond measure.\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation Translation Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A most extraordinary novel . . . An instant classic . . . It feels like \u003ci\u003eThe Odyssey \u003c\/i\u003e. . . but from a dog’s point of view. . . . It really stays with you.” ―\u003cb\u003eNPR’s \u003ci\u003eDog Talk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Sure, you may have read a dog-finding-their-way-home story before, but this one is special. . . . [The dog] enchants and helps each of his temporary owners on his way home, and we imagine he’ll do the same for you.” ―\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShondaland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Moving . . . Dog lovers will need no encouragement to pick [it] up.” ―\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A delightful read. It’s heartbreaking, it’s funny, it’s sad―it really covers all of the emotions. . . . It’s an incredible novel—I really loved every moment of it.” ―\u003cb\u003eChristopher Hermelin, \u003ci\u003eSo Many Damn Books \u003c\/i\u003e(podcast)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Much like the love of our dogs, this fable about a lost dog and his epic journey to find home is a gift to us all.” ―\u003cb\u003eSteven Rowley, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLily and the Octopus \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Celebrants\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A remarkable story of the transformative power of a dog. Like a figure from myth or fable, the dog inspires in the very flawed humans he encounters a desire for a new life, a new chance—and he just may do the same for you.” —\u003cb\u003eSusan Wilson, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eOne Good Dog\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A must read for any dog lover, this story of companionship, perseverance, and an incredible journey to find a long-lost friend speaks to our canine counterparts’ innate ability to sense the times of our deepest need.” —\u003cb\u003eBen Moon, author of \u003ci\u003eDenali: A Man, a Dog, and the Friendship of a Lifetime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A highly original and unsentimental novel about the powerful bond between humans and dogs.” ―\u003cb\u003eHelen Humphreys, author of \u003ci\u003eAnd a Dog Called Fig\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A preternaturally intelligent dog, but lost all the same, in a tsunami-ravaged Japan, is called many names by many people. Lose yourself in this story of a dog finding his way home, and in the stories of the lives he changes. No one stays the same, least of all the reader.” ―\u003cb\u003eMichelle Latiolais, author of \u003ci\u003eEven Now\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWidow\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eShe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Heartwarming and suspenseful, detailing true resilience and survival.” ―\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBelfast Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A moving account of a lost dog . . . Inspiring . . . Life-affirming.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAsiaOne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Its plain and honest prose . . . allows you to fill in the spaces with your own lived experience, especially if you’ve had a lasting bond with a beloved animal who profoundly changed your life.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Waterloo Region Record\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Heartrending . . . Powerfully demonstrates how love and loyalty can overcome obstacles . . . and how a dog’s love can save a person in every possible way.” ―\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Affecting . . . Moving . . . Never feels sentimental or overdrawn . . . [Seishu Hase] proves himself a gifted storyteller.” ―\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Heartbreakingly moving in its simplicity . . . A touching meditation on shining lights in the face of trauma and hopelessness.” ―\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeishu Hase\u003c\/b\u003e has published many bestselling novels in his native Japan, a number of which have been adapted for film. 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