Faces: Profiles of Dogs - Hardcover

Sackville-West, Vita

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1911547461 ISBN 13: 9781911547464

Verlag: Faber and Faber, 2019

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Críticas:

'You'll call this sentimental - perhaps - but then a dog somehow represents the private side of life, the play side.' --Virginia Woolf

Sackville-West wrote without fuss or anxiety. --Guardian

Reseña del editor:

'It must be a nuisance to go through life with a Father Christmas moustache like that, but no doubt the Schnauzer gets used to it.'

In Faces, Vita Sackville-West traces the origins and history of forty-four dog breeds. She reflects on their characteristics with frank humour, from the gentle-eyed Afghan, 'like somebody s elderly Aunt Lavinia, who nourishes a secret passion for the Vicar', to the Labrador Retriever, 'dear, solid, faithful lump of a dog!', and that 'docile minion' the Corgi.

Each profile is accompanied by Laelia Goehr's striking black and white photographs. Together, profile and portrait capture these canine characters in their various moods: benevolent, haughty, amused, wistful, or simply a little bit sleepy.

Charming and fascinating in equal measure, Faces is a joyful read for all dog lovers.

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Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: Faber and Faber
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1911547461
• ISBN 13: 9781911547464
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 80