My Dog Tulip

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, J R Ackerley, J.R. Ackerley

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NYRB Classics
15 August 2010

Biography; Memoirs; Dogs as pets

"Heartwarming and profound, this account of one writer's relationship with his beloved German Shepherd is ""one of the bonafide dog-lit classics"" (New Yorker)

The distinguished British man of letters J. R. Ackerley hardly thought of himself as a dog lover when, well into middle age, he came into possession of a German Shepherd. To his surprise, she turned out to be the love of his life, the ""ideal friend"" he had been searching for in vain for years. My Dog Tulip is a bittersweet retrospective account of their sixteen-year companionship, as well as a profound and subtle meditation on the strangeness that lies at the heart of all relationships.

In vivid and sometimes startling detail, Ackerley tells of Tulip's often erratic behavior and very canine tastes, and of his own fumbling but determined efforts to ensure for her an existence of perfect happiness.

My Dog Tulip was adapted for the screen as a major animated feature film with a cast that includes the voices of Christopher Plummer, Lynn Redgrave, and Isabella Rossellini. Heralded as ""a stroke of genius"" by New York Magazine and ""the love story of the year"" by Vanity Fair, it is a masterpiece of animal literature that is sure to touch the hearts of anyone who has found companionship with their own four-legged friend."

By: Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, J R Ackerley, J.R. Ackerley
Imprint: NYRB Classics
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Media tie-in
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 220g
ISBN: 9781590174142
ISBN 10: 1590174143
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 15 August 2010
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

J. R. Ackerley (1896-1967) was for many years the literary editor of the BBC magazine The Listener. His works include three memoirs, Hindoo Holiday, My Dog Tulip, and My Father and Myself, and a novel, We Think the World of You (all available as New York Review Books). Elizabeth Marshall Thomas's most recent books are The Hidden Life of Dogs, Certain Poor Shepherds, and The Tribe of Tiger: Cats and Their Culture. (May 1997)

Reviews for My Dog Tulip

Wryly comic and strangely moving. Daily Mail A beautiful evocation of the relationship between dog and owner, which doesn't lapse into the sentimentality so common in the books that people write about their pets. Sunday Telegraph Best animal book ever, by a literary agent bonkers about his Alsatian bitch. Evening Standard