The Resource Good dogs don't make it to the South Pole, Hans-Olav Thyvold
Good dogs don't make it to the South Pole, Hans-Olav Thyvold
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The item Good dogs don't make it to the South Pole, Hans-Olav Thyvold represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
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- Summary
- The best thing you can aspire to in this world, is company. Whether it's for pleasure or pain, a crowning or an execution: everything is better with company. You might say it all went to hell with Mrs. Thorkildsen, but you know what? It could have been worse, because Mrs. Thorkildsen had me to keep her company. And I had her. That's what we had in common, her and me, what bound us together. We were company. The Major, a World War II veteran, breathes his last. Watching over him are his wife and his faithful companion, Tassen, the story's narrator, who is, by his own admission, a couch potato and a one-man dog. After the Major is gone, Tassen and Mrs Thorkildsen settle into their new life surrounded by books and stories of the 1911 race between Norway's explorer Roald Amundsen and Britain's Captain Robert F. Scott to reach the South Pole first. Regular visits to the local library and the bar next door provide all types of enlightenment. However, when Mrs Thorkildsen becomes ill, Tassen's world begins to wobble. Beguiling, poignant, funny and thoughtful, this novel is destined to become a favourite
- Language
-
- eng
- nor
- eng
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- ii, 359 pages (large print)
- Note
-
- Originally published by Allen & Unwin
- Optimized reading formats
- Set in 16 point Verdana
- Copyright page from the original book
- Isbn
- 9780369333285
- Label
- Good dogs don't make it to the South Pole
- Title
- Good dogs don't make it to the South Pole
- Statement of responsibility
- Hans-Olav Thyvold
- Title variation
- Good dogs do not make it to the South Pole
- Language
-
- eng
- nor
- eng
- Summary
- The best thing you can aspire to in this world, is company. Whether it's for pleasure or pain, a crowning or an execution: everything is better with company. You might say it all went to hell with Mrs. Thorkildsen, but you know what? It could have been worse, because Mrs. Thorkildsen had me to keep her company. And I had her. That's what we had in common, her and me, what bound us together. We were company. The Major, a World War II veteran, breathes his last. Watching over him are his wife and his faithful companion, Tassen, the story's narrator, who is, by his own admission, a couch potato and a one-man dog. After the Major is gone, Tassen and Mrs Thorkildsen settle into their new life surrounded by books and stories of the 1911 race between Norway's explorer Roald Amundsen and Britain's Captain Robert F. Scott to reach the South Pole first. Regular visits to the local library and the bar next door provide all types of enlightenment. However, when Mrs Thorkildsen becomes ill, Tassen's world begins to wobble. Beguiling, poignant, funny and thoughtful, this novel is destined to become a favourite
- Cataloging source
- AUCPL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Thyvold, Hans-Olav
- Index
- no index present
- Language note
- Translated from the Norwegian
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Human-animal relationships
- Dogs
- Aging
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Good dogs don't make it to the South Pole, Hans-Olav Thyvold
- Note
-
- Originally published by Allen & Unwin
- Optimized reading formats
- Set in 16 point Verdana
- Copyright page from the original book
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000067123860
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- ii, 359 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9780369333285
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Specific material designation
- large print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1153389818
- Label
- Good dogs don't make it to the South Pole, Hans-Olav Thyvold
- Note
-
- Originally published by Allen & Unwin
- Optimized reading formats
- Set in 16 point Verdana
- Copyright page from the original book
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000067123860
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- ii, 359 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9780369333285
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Specific material designation
- large print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1153389818
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