The Dogs of BabelPaul Iverson's Life Changes in an instant. He returns home one day to find that his wife, Lexy, has died under strange circumstances. The only witness was their dog, Lorelei, whose anguished barking brought help to the scene-but too late. In the days and weeks that follow, Paul begins to notice strange "clues" in their home: books rearranged on their shelves, a mysterious phone call, and other suggestions that nothing about Lexy's last afternoon was quite what it seemed. Reeling from grief, Paul is determined to decipher this evidence and unlock the mystery of her death. But he can't do it alone; he needs Lorelei's help. A linguist by training, Paul embarks on an impossible endeavor: a series of experiments designed to teach Lorelei to communicate what she knows. Perhaps behind her wise and earnest eyes lies the key to what really happened to the woman he loved. As Paul's investigation leads him in unexpected and even perilous directions, he revisits the pivotal moments of his life with Lexy, the brilliant, enigmatic woman whose sparkling passion for life and dark, troubled past he embraced equally. Written with a quiet elegance and a profound knowledge of love's hidden places, The Dogs of Babel is a novel of astonishing and lasting power-a story of marriage, survival, and devotion that lies too deep for words. |
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... tell . Or am I deluding myself ? What if the story she has to tell has nothing to do with me or with Lexy but with her own puppyhood , of which I know very little ? The story she chooses to tell , the one it's most important for her to ...
... tell . Or am I deluding myself ? What if the story she has to tell has nothing to do with me or with Lexy but with her own puppyhood , of which I know very little ? The story she chooses to tell , the one it's most important for her to ...
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... Tell her to stay with you , to stay put for a while . When she asks if you have seen her lover , say yes . Say that he sends his love , and he wants her to rest . Tell her she can stop looking . Give her a single rose , the pamphlet ...
... Tell her to stay with you , to stay put for a while . When she asks if you have seen her lover , say yes . Say that he sends his love , and he wants her to rest . Tell her she can stop looking . Give her a single rose , the pamphlet ...
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... tell her everything I can think of . I tell her about how I met Lexy ; I tell her about how Lexy died . I tell her about the lonely months I've spent since then , unrav- eling clues that may not be clues at all . My work with Lorelei ...
... tell her everything I can think of . I tell her about how I met Lexy ; I tell her about how Lexy died . I tell her about the lonely months I've spent since then , unrav- eling clues that may not be clues at all . My work with Lorelei ...
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