The Way of the Dog

By Sam Savage

Book Overview

A disillusioned artist looks for meaning in the wreckage of his life, and finds it in unexpected places.

Sam Savage's most intimate, tender novel yet 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."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566893127
• ISBN13: 9781566893121
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Coffee House Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.9" x 7.7"