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A Man and His Dog (German: Herr und Hund; also translated Bashan and I) is a 1918 narrative by Thomas Mann. It describes the adventures of the narrator with his dog Bauschan (Bashan) in the nature surrounding the author's home in Munich. It was written in the twilight of World War I and portrays an idealised and timeless world.
26 de mar. de 2021 · From the back cover: "Bashan and I is the moving story of Thomas Mann's relationship with his spirited German short-haired pointer. From their first encounter at a local farm, Mann reveals how he slowly grows to love this energetic, loyal, and intelligent animal.
4 de mar. de 2021 · From the back cover: "Bashan and I is the moving story of Thomas Mann's relationship with his spirited German short-haired pointer. From their first encounter at a local farm, Mann reveals how he slowly grows to love this energetic, loyal, and intelligent animal.
3 de dic. de 2019 · Thomas Mann wrote the semi-fictional narrative of his dog at the end of the First World War. It tells the story of Bashan, a German pointer—a so called ‘Hühnerhund’—and his relationship with the homodiegetic human narrator. The meticulously descriptive and rather plotless text consists mainly of factual elements.
Thomas Mann’s narrative ›Herr und Hund‹ explores a remarkable relationship between man and animal. Author and first-person narrator fuse in this unusual piece of autobiographical writing that excludes any references to World War I as well as to family, friend, and foe.
The present article analyses Thomas Mann’s tale of Herr und Hund (A Man and His Dog) with the methods of Cultural and Literary Animal Studies. The focus is on the investigation of human-animal interactions that occur in the text.
A MAN AND HIS DOG. Durante años, Charles, un antiguo catedrático, ha vivido con la viuda de su mejor amigo. Cuando esta le diga que está a punto de contraer segundas nupcias y de que ya no hay hueco para él en su casa, Charles no tendrá más remedio que marcharse con su perro como único acompañante. Sin embargo, Charles no tiene amigos ...
