Consider This: Moments in My Writing Life After Which Everything Was Different

by Chuck Palahniuk

Now consider the dog, Sorrow, in The Hotel New Hampshire. It dies. It’s stuffed by a taxidermist. It falls from an exploding jetliner. Washes up on a beach. Is found and dried with a hair dryer. Wrecks a sexual tryst. Hidden away, it’s eventually found and prompts a heart attack. The dog’s name alone prompts a major chorus in the book: “Sorrow floats.”