The Dogs of Venice
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4.0 • 9 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Celebrants and The Guncle, a heartwarming story about finding oneself in one of the most romantic cities on Earth.
After months of planning a romantic holiday getaway in Venice, Paul is blindsided when his five-year marriage suddenly unravels. Fueled by heartbreak, Paul endeavors to take the trip alone.
Soon after arriving in Italy, he notices a small, scruffy, self-assured dog trotting alongside a canal with the confidence he so desperately wants for himself. When their paths cross again, Paul feels compelled to learn how his new four-legged friend thrives on his own. Amid the food, sights, and welcoming people of Venice, Paul’s journey culminates in a magical encounter that leads him to feel real connection—to a dog, to a foreign city and, most importantly, to himself.
Capturing Steven Rowley's signature wit, insight, and indelible characters, The Dogs of Venice offers another timeless story of love lost, and independence found—a holiday tonic for the soul.
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Rowley (The Guncle) serves up a feel-good if fluffy novella about a heartbroken American man alone in Venice for Christmas. Paul's partner, Darren, left him just before the trip to Italy they'd planned to take together, but Paul goes anyway. Rowley paints Paul as disarmingly sweet, stumbling across the threshold of his rented Venice flat and the language barrier to charm both the landlady and her daughter. Lonesome at first, he becomes obsessed with tracking a stray dog he spies out his window one morning, a creature he views as a symbol of resilience. He walks the streets of the art-filled city, discovering San Rocco, the patron saint of dogs and bachelors. He eats well, and after a tryst with a beautiful waiter, finally encounters the dog again and begins coming to terms with his loss ("the Dog too, was afraid," Rowley writes. "Perhaps how to be alone wasn't even the lesson Paul was seeking; how to be present was"). There's not much nuance, but Rowley sprinkles in the right amount of sweetness and melancholy. This will do in a pinch.
Customer Reviews
To short
I have read all of his books and have really liked them, I also liked this one unfortunately it was to short,