Cover art for Melodie
Published
Melbourne University Press, March 2016
ISBN
9780522869880
Format
Softcover, 228 pages
Dimensions
19.5cm × 13.1cm × 1.8cm

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'Akira Mizubayashi is a man whose dog, Melodie, taught him what it means to be human.' RAIMOND GAITA

Melodie is the heartfelt memoir of a Japanese man's life with his golden retriever-or rather of his golden retriever's life with him. Fidelity, patience, attachment, love and family ties are illuminated through the demands and joys of living with a large dog in a small apartment in Tokyo.

Akira Mizubayashi's attachment to Melodie profoundly transforms how he lives his life and makes him reimagine the nature of relationships between humans and animals.

In his homage to Melodie, Mizubayashi offers a moving account of faithful love and compromise.

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