The Way of the Dog
By: by Sam Savage
Publisher: Coffee House Press
Published: January 8, 2013
Place of publication: Minneapolis, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 153
ISBN-13: 9781566893121
Description: Sam Savage's novel follows Harold Nivenson, a decrepit, aging man who was once a painter and arts patron. The death of Peter Meinenger, his friend turned romantic and intellectual rival, prompts him to ruminate on his own career as a minor artist and collector and make sense of a lifetime of gnawing doubt. Over time, his bitterness toward his family, his gentrifying neighborhood, and the decline of intelligent artistic discourse gives way to a kind of peace within himself, as he emerges from the shadow of the past and finds a reason to live, every day, in "the now".