Author Julie Gilbert Discusses the Writing of Her New Book ‘Giant Love’
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Books Local fiction: Walks with his pups, Gaston and Baudelaire, were a great way to research the novel, which is sometimes told from a pooch’s perspective. The Minnesota Star Tribune Pete Hautman (Joseph Hautman/Candlewick) You can trace Pete Hautman’s “Answers to Dog” back to his childhood love of classics such as Jack London’s “Call of the Wild” and “White Fang” or Jim Kjelgaard’s “Big Red.” “When I was a kid, the first books that really swept me away, the first fiction I completely dove into, were dog books,” said Hautman , 72, who splits his time between Golden Valley and Stockholm, Wis. with partner (and fellow novelist) Mary Logue . “I was a typical boy of the ‘60s. So, anything with a dog, a boy, a gun or a car on the front, I would read.” Hautman commented on Facebook about “Big Red” several years ago and, afterwards, Holiday House publishers asked him to write a preface for the book’s 70th anniversary re-issue. He agreed to do it. Diving back into some of his childhood favorites, the seed of an idea — or maybe the paw of an idea — began to take shape. “It was so interesting to me that so many authors tried to write where some or all of the action is from a dog’s point of view. I think Jack London did it well, Kjelgaard did it well, but a lot of times it doesn’t ring true,” said Hautman, the bestselling writer who won a National Book Award for “Godless” and an Edgar Award for mystery “Otherwood.” “It’s like a kid talking through a dog’s mouth a lot of the time. So, I thought, ‘How would you do that, since their reality is very different from ours?’” He fooled around and found out with “Answers to Dog,” in which a boy named Evan meets a stray border collie, whom he instantly loves. With help from a few friends (one of whom says, “The thing about dogs is, no matter what you want, there’s a dog for you”), Evan resolves to figure out the dog’s living […]
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Julie Gilbert Today, we delve into the enduring relevance of the themes explored by Pulitzer Prize -winning author Edna Ferber
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