The Jewish Dog

Available for the first time in English, this award-winning, best-selling Israeli novel follows the adventures and travails of Caleb, a contemplative dog unusually fascinated with human affairs. Born into a German-Jewish household in the mid-1930s, Caleb witnesses first-hand the rise of Nazism and t [...]
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Available for the first time in English, this award-winning, best-selling Israeli novel follows the adventures and travails of Caleb, a contemplative dog unusually fascinated with human affairs. Born into a German-Jewish household in the mid-1930s, Caleb witnesses first-hand the rise of Nazism and the Holocaust. When events separate him from his Jewish owners, he is adopted by a Nazi family and employed by the SS. Filtering the darkest and most dramatic period of modern Jewish history through the naive, yet often sage, perspective of a particular dog, the book offers readers a view of the Holocaust as never seen before. Deeply ironic and even humorous, the novel offers scathing political commentary on humanity and degradation, as Caleb's philosophical musings explore the value of loyalty, questions of identity, and above all, the fine line that separates humanity from animals.