Ubac and Me
a life of love and adventure with a french mountain dog
$52.15
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
16 May 2025
Summary
Ubac and Me: A Mountain of Love, Loss, and Canine Companionship
The international sensation, a charming and moving memoir of a dog’s transformative love, and an intimate journey into what heals us after loss.
Having a dog as company makes nothing feel excessive - not time or space. It’s not even about passing time, but being of it.
A tiny ad in a local newspaper catches Cedric Sapin-Defour’s eye- a litter of Bernese Mountain Dog puppies need homes. A lonely, single, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781787304833 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1787304833 |
| Author: | Cédric Sapin-Defour, Adriana Hunter |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Harvill Secker |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 16 May 2025 |
| Weight: | 393g |
| Dimensions: | 222mm x 141mm x 26mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
A beautifully written memoir, infused with alpine light and mountain silence, that makes a case for slowing down, for noticing, for remembering * Daily Express *
About The Author
Cédric Sapin-Defour
Cedric Sapin-Defour (Author)
Cedric 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. Ubac and Me has been a surprise bestseller and word-of-mouth sensation in France, selling more than half a million copies.
Adriana Hunter (Translator)
Adriana Hunter has translated more than one hundred books, and has won or been shortlisted for numerous translation prizes, most recently as the runner-up for the 2024 Scott Moncrieff Prize for her translation of Herve Le Tellier’s The Anomaly. She lives in Kent, England.
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