Cédric Sapin-Defour

Ubac and Me (eBook, ePUB)

A Life of Love and Adventure With a French Mountain Dog
Übersetzer: Hunter, Adriana

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The ultimate book for dog lovers: a life of adventure in the great outdoors and a moving tribute to the love we feel for our pets

A tiny ad in a local newspaper catches Cédric Sapin-Defour's eye: a litter of Bernese Mountain Dog puppies need homes. A lonely, single, gym teacher and mountain climber in the French Alps, Cédric visits the dogs and immediately falls for the puppy with a blue collar.

Named Ubac, French for the north side of the mountain - the rainy, cloudy slope - the puppy quickly upends Cédric's life. They go on hikes together, taking to the hills and exploring, forging a bond that brings joy and a sense of fulfillment and adventure. They brave the world together, hate to be apart, crave the mountains and the natural world; they protect each other.

Over the course of thirteen years, their pack expands to include Mathilde, Cédric's wife, and more dogs. Ubac and Me is an intimate meditation on a joyous life lived too fast, the aching pain of separation, and the transformative effect of unconditional love. A dog named for the rainy side of the mountain is an inspiring lesson in how walking the rocky, cloudy hills together can bring the greatest light, the sunniest joys, even if the shared journey is unbearably short.

'Not just a tribute to the love humans feel for their pets but also a means of voicing the deep grief that can be felt after a dog's death, when all that is left is a collar and hairs, and the house seems too big without them.' Guardian

Ubac and Me has been a surprise bestseller and word-of-mouth sensation in France, championed by indie booksellers, selling 400,000 copies.

Translated by Adriana Hunter.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Vintage Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. April 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781529939477
• Artikelnr.: 72250416

Autorenporträt

Cédric Sapin-Defour is a French writer, sports teacher and mountaineer, whose work focuses on the slightly crazy dream that man and nature can learn to live together again. He lives in the small Alpine town of Beaufort, with Mathilde and Lulu, their adopted Romanian street dog.