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Dog Boy

Eva Hornung

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Nov 21, 2010 Mish rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Review for the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2012

This story is about an abandoned 4 year old boy Romochka, left hungry and cold in an apartment in Moscow. After a few days alone, Romochka is unable to tolerate the hunger any longer, and he sets out into the street on Moscow in search of food. On the street he sees a pack of feral dogs where he became curious and slowly approaches them. The mother of the pack is welcoming and lures Romachka into an abandoned warehouse where his is warm, fed ...more

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Jun 01, 2020 Tien rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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The novel opens with Romochka on his own, in his home, looking for food, looking for his mother, his uncle, and looking for warmth. After who knows how long, he couldn't stand the hunger and coldness anymore and decided to venture outside. He came across Mamochka, a very maternal female dog, who adopted him into her clan. And so, he became dog boy.

At first he was dependent on the dogs but after a time, he became as helpful as he could. Hunting for food amongst the mountains of rubbish though he ...more

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Oct 25, 2011 Robin Humphries rated it it was ok

Not sure if I missed the point in this book except that there was interest in species learning to live with other species as part of that group. I did feel that the ending was a bit weak after the build-up. Bit gruesome in some parts.

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