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| Story | | A literary debut of stark and striking brilliance – a coming-of-age story, set in the remote wilderness of northern Wisconsin.
Born mute and able to communicate only by sign, the brilliant Edgar Sawtelle leads an idyllic life with his parents Gar and Trudy. For generations, the Sawtelles have raised and trained a breed of dog whose thoughtful companionship is epitomised by Almondine, Edgar's lifelong companion. But when his beloved father mysteriously dies, Edgar blames himself, if only because his muteness left him unable to summon help. Grief-stricken and bewildered by his mother's desperate affair with her dead husband's brother, Edgar's world unravels one spring night when, in the falling rain, he sees his father's ghost. After a botched attempt to prove that his uncle orchestrated Gar's death, Edgar flees into the Chequamegon wilderness leading three yearling dogs. Yet his need to face his father's murderer, and his devotion to the Sawtelle dogs, turn Edgar ever homeward. When he returns, nothing is as he expects, and Edgar must choose between revenge or preserving his family legacy.
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| Author Details | | David Wroblewski lives in Colorado with the poet Kimberly McClintock. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle is his first novel.
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| How would Edgar’s life have been if he was not mute? | | This book as been likened to Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Do you see any parallels? | | What is the dominant theme of the novel? | | Are the characters in this book believable? | | What did you enjoy about this book
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| Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen | | The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein | | The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich | | Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
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