The dogs of Babel / Carolyn Parkhurst.
A poignant and beautiful debut novel explores a man's quest to unravel the mystery of his wife's death with the help of the only witness--their Rhodesian ridgeback, Lorelei.
Paul Iverson's Life Changes in an instant. He returns home one day to find that his wife, Lexy, has died under strange circumstances. The only witness was their dog, Lorelei, whose anguished barking brought help to the scene-but too late. In the days and weeks that follow, Paul begins to notice strange "clues" in their home: books rearranged on their shelves, a mysterious phone call, and other suggestions that nothing about Lexy's last afternoon was quite what it seemed. Reeling from grief, Paul is determined to decipher this evidence and unlock the mystery of her death. But he can't do it alone; he needs Lorelei's help. A linguist by training, Paul embarks on an impossible endeavor: a series of experiments designed to teach Lorelei to communicate what she knows. Perhaps behind her wise and earnest eyes lies the key to what really happened to the woman he loved. As Paul's investigation leads him in unexpected and even perilous directions, he revisits the pivotal moments of his life with Lexy, the brilliant, enigmatic woman whose sparkling passion for life and dark, troubled past he embraced equally. Written with a quiet elegance and a profound knowledge of love's hidden places, The Dogs of Babel is a novel of astonishing and lasting power-a story of marriage, survival, and devotion that lies too deep for words.
Record details
- ISBN: 0316168688
- ISBN: 0316778508
- ISBN: 0316794597
- ISBN: 0739436570
- ISBN: 9780316168687
- ISBN: 9780316778503
- ISBN: 9780316794596
- ISBN: 9780739436578
- Physical Description: 264 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: Boston : Little, Brown and Company, [2003]
- Copyright: ©2003
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albemarle Main Library | FIC Parkhurst (Text) | 101091000506300 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Alleghany Public Library | F PARKHURST (Text) | 30664100123337 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Avery County Morrison Public Library | MFIC PAR (Text) | 31111002074482 | Adult Fiction Mystery | Available | - |
| Beaufort Main | F PAR (Text) | 34208201230397 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Belhaven Public Library | FIC (Text) | 38344101035952 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Bladen Main Branch | FIC PAR (Text) | 30441100295104 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cleveland County Main Library | F PARKHURST (Text) | 22281500053493 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Eden Library | Fic (Text) | 31554006923808 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Hamlet Public Library | FIC PARKHURST (Text) | 58198000023724 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Kenly Public Library | FIC Parkhurst (Text) | 38950608922169 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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