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A vivid, riveting novel about an abandoned boy who takes up with a pack of feral dogs
Two million children roam the streets in late twentieth-century Moscow. A four-year-old boy named Romochka, abandoned by his mother and uncle, is left to fend for himself. Curious, he follows a stray dog to its home in an abandoned church cellar on the city's outskirts. Romochka makes himself at home with Mamochka, the mother of the pack, and six other dogs as he slowly abandons his human attributes to survive two fiercely cold winters. Able to pass as either boy or dog, Romochka develops his own moral code. As the pack starts to prey on people for food with Romochka's help, he attracts the attention of local police and scientists. His future, and the pack's, will depend on his ability to remain free, but the outside world begins to close in on him as the novel reaches its gripping conclusion.
In this taut and emotionally convincing narrative, Eva Hornung explores universal themes of the human condition: the importance of home, what it means to belong to a family, the consequences of exclusion, and what our animal nature can teach us about survival.
Two million children roam the streets in late twentieth-century Moscow. A four-year-old boy named Romochka, abandoned by his mother and uncle, is left to fend for himself. Curious, he follows a stray dog to its home in an abandoned church cellar on the city's outskirts. Romochka makes himself at home with Mamochka, the mother of the pack, and six other dogs as he slowly abandons his human attributes to survive two fiercely cold winters. Able to pass as either boy or dog, Romochka develops his own moral code. As the pack starts to prey on people for food with Romochka's help, he attracts the attention of local police and scientists. His future, and the pack's, will depend on his ability to remain free, but the outside world begins to close in on him as the novel reaches its gripping conclusion.
In this taut and emotionally convincing narrative, Eva Hornung explores universal themes of the human condition: the importance of home, what it means to belong to a family, the consequences of exclusion, and what our animal nature can teach us about survival.
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Hardback Editions
March 2010 : Hardback
| Title: Dog Boy: A Novel Author(s): Eva Hornung ISBN: 0-670-02149-0 / 978-0-670-02149-9 (USA, AU, or UK edition) Publisher: Viking Adult Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 2010 : Hardback
| Title: Dog Boy Author(s): Eva Hornung ISBN: 0-7475-9905-X / 978-0-7475-9905-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
2010 : Hardback
| Title: Dog Boy Author(s): Eva Hornung ISBN: 1-55468-372-6 / 9781554683727 (USA edition) Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
April 2011 : Paperback
| Title: Dogboy Author(s): Eva Hornung ISBN: 1-55468-373-4 / 9781554683734 (USA edition) Publisher: HarperCollins Canada / Fiction Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
September 2010 : Paperback
| Title: Dog Boy Author(s): Eva Hornung ISBN: 1-4088-0286-4 / 978-1-4088-0286-1 (UK edition) Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
2009 : Paperback
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1970 : Paperback
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September 2010 : Kindle edition
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February 2010 : Kindle edition
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