Octave Mirbeau / Pierre Falké - Dingo - 1923

Fascinating, delightfully illustrated edition of 32 pretty wood engravings enhanced with color, including a frontispiece, and 11 headpieces in black on elegant Rives vellum paper -

This novel centers on the singular relationship between a man and a dog of exceptional intelligence and ferocity -

The narrative follows the story of Dingo, a stray dog adopted by a narrator, whose instinctive and unpredictable behavior upends the social and moral order of the villages he passes through. Through this animal character, Mirbeau develops a virulent critique of human society, its hypocrisies, its violence, and its absurd conventions -

The dog paradoxically appears freer and more authentic than humans, thus revealing the contradictions and baseness of human nature. The novel shifts between realistic observation and a symbolic dimension, giving the animal an almost philosophical significance. Mirbeau’s style is incisive, ironic, and often satirical, reinforcing the critical scope of the narrative -

Octave Mirbeau / Pierre Falké - Dingo - 1923 - Henri Jonquières & Cie -
340 Pages.

Good condition of the binding, the work is paperback in its full illustrated softcover with original flap, light signs of use, a few minor defects on the cover, leaves remaining untrimmed at the gutter and tail, the front joint cracked for 2 cm at the upper end and paper tanning, edges blunted, smooth spine titled, superb black motif at the center of the second cover -

Good interior condition, slight browning, title in red, the work delightfully illustrated with 32 pretty wood engravings enhanced with color including a frontispiece, and 11 black tailpieces, copy no. 968/1180 + 20 unique prints, this one on elegant Rives vellum paper, all leaves carefully bound, body of the book and hinges in excellent condition -

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