DOGS OF BABEL by Carolyn Parkhurst
ISBN: 0641672039
Format: Hardcover, 264pp
Pub. Date: June 2003
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Power of love, power of grief, power of forgiveness, power of joy are all themes expressed in Carolyn Parkhurst’s brilliant and touching debut novel. It’s the simple story of a man trying to undersand how his vivacious and ethereal wife died. The problem is that the only witness to her death was their dog, Lorelei (named after a beautiful maiden who killed herself when her lover strayed-only to turn into a mermaid who lured sailers to ther death with her voice–not part of the plot, but interesting nonetheless). Paul Iverson becomes obsessed with communicating with his dog and understanding what happened to the love of his life, Lexi.
