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. Taking daily walks in the nearby parkland, Mann begins to understand and appreciate Bashan as a living being, witnessing his native delight in chasing rabbits, deer, and squirrels along with his careful investigations of stones, fallen branches, and clumps of wet leaves. As their bond deepens, Mann is led to contemplate Bashan's inner life, and marvels at the ease with which his dog trusts him, completely putting his life into his master's hands. Over time, the two develop a deep mutual understanding, but for Mann, there is always a sense of loss at never being able to enter the private world of his dear friend, and he slowly becomes conscious of the eternal divide between mankind and the rest of nature. Nonetheless, the unique relationship quietly moves to the forefront of Mann's life, and when master and companion are briefly separated, Mann is taken aback by the depth of his loneliness without his dog. It is this deep affection for another living creature that helps the writer to reach a newfound understanding of the nature of love, in all its complexity. First published in 1916 and translated into English in 1923, Bashan and I was heralded for its simple telling of how a dog became a priceless companion, an animal who brought meaning to the author's life.

This is a new release of the original 1925 edition.

This is a new release of the original 1928 edition.

1928. Mann, German essayist, cultural critic, and novelist, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1929. Among Mann's most famous works are Buddenbrooks and The Magic Mountain. His novels usually explore the relationship between the exceptional individual and his or her environment, the environment of family, or of the world in general. Early Sorrow is among his later writings and are tales about parental love.

1925. Klabund is the pseudonym of Alfred Henschke, German poet, novelist and dramatist. His novel Peter the Czar begins: Peter is born. The Don, The Dneiper, the Volga, the Oka leave their banks. Mud goes wallowing over the fields of wheat and many people are drowned. Winter flowers are broken in the stems and hang their heads. The dormice pipe with fear. The wind gathers their pipings and blows them with bursting cheeks into trumpet-tones until these too burst with a screech.

1928. Mann, German essayist, cultural critic, and novelist, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1929. Among Mann's most famous works are Buddenbrooks and The Magic Mountain. His novels usually explore the relationship between the exceptional individual and his or her environment, the environment of family, or of the world in general. Early Sorrow is among his later writings and are tales about parental love.

1928. Mann, German essayist, cultural critic, and novelist, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1929. Among Mann's most famous works are Buddenbrooks and The Magic Mountain. His novels usually explore the relationship between the exceptional individual and his or her environment, the environment of family, or of the world in general. Early Sorrow is among his later writings and are tales about parental love.

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1925. Klabund is the pseudonym of Alfred Henschke, German poet, novelist and dramatist. His novel Peter the Czar begins: Peter is born. The Don, The Dneiper, the Volga, the Oka leave their banks. Mud goes wallowing over the fields of wheat and many people are drowned. Winter flowers are broken in the stems and hang their heads. The dormice pipe with fear. The wind gathers their pipings and blows them with bursting cheeks into trumpet-tones until these too burst with a screech.

1928. Mann, German essayist, cultural critic, and novelist, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1929. Among Mann's most famous works are Buddenbrooks and The Magic Mountain. His novels usually explore the relationship between the exceptional individual and his or her environment, the environment of family, or of the world in general. Early Sorrow is among his later writings and are tales about parental love.

1925. Klabund is the pseudonym of Alfred Henschke, German poet, novelist and dramatist. His novel Peter the Czar begins: Peter is born. The Don, The Dneiper, the Volga, the Oka leave their banks. Mud goes wallowing over the fields of wheat and many people are drowned. Winter flowers are broken in the stems and hang their heads. The dormice pipe with fear. The wind gathers their pipings and blows them with bursting cheeks into trumpet-tones until these too burst with a screech.