Melancholia's Dog

Chicago: The University Of Chicago Press, 2006. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 215 pages. "Reflections on Our Animal Kinship"; 6 1/4 x 9 1/4

Chicago And London: The University of Chicago Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0226465780 . A Fine first Printing of the First Edition in a dust-jacket of equal value; A young woman's life spirals out of control after she is diagnosed with depression. Struggling to find a way to heal, she turns… Read more about this item

University of Chicago Press, 2006. Book. Fine. Hardcover. ;8vo. This copy is pristine and suitable for gift-giving. Will be carefully packaged and shipped with tracking.

University of Chicago Press, 2006-11-01. Annotated. hardcover. Used: Good.

Hardback. New. Bred to provide human companionship, dogs eclipse all other species when it comes to reading the body language of people. Dog owners hunger for a complete rapport with their pets; in the dog the fantasy of empathetic resonance finds its ideal. But cross-species communication is never easy. Dog love can be a precious but melancholy thing.… Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New. An attempt to understand human attachment to the canis familiaris in terms of reciprocity and empathy, this title tackles such difficult concepts as intimacy and kinship with dogs, the shame associated with identification with their suffering, and the reasons for the profound mourning over their deaths.

Chicago University Press, 2014. Paperback. New.

Chicago University Press, 2014. Paperback. New.