Montana, 1924. Phil y George son hermanos y socios, copropietarios del rancho más grande del valle. Cabalgan juntos, transportando miles de cabezas de ganado, y siguen durmiendo en la habitación que habían tenido de niños, en las mismas camas de bronce. Phil es alto y anguloso, George rechoncho e imperturbable. Phil es una lumbrera y podía haber sido cualquier cosa que se propusiera, George es tranquilo y no tiene aficiones. A Phil le gusta provocar, George carece de sentido del humor, per...

Thomas Burton est romancier. Il s'est installé sur la côte du Maine, loin des Montagnes Rocheuses où il a grandi.Un beau matin, une lettre vient bouleverser sa vie : une inconnue affirme être sa soeur, confiée dès la naissance à une famille adoptive.Intrigué, Thomas retrace l'histoire des générations passées. Sa mère, la belle Elizabeth, aurait abandonné un bébé ? Mais comment un tel secret aurait-il pu être caché à Emma la matriarche, la célèbre et redoutable Reine de l'Ida...

Agli inizi del secolo scorso, ai piedi delle Montagne Rocciose, lo scorrere delle stagioni e una natura non ancora addomesticata determinavano implacabilmente la vita dell’uomo. Qui, dove lo stesso Savage era nato e cresciuto, si svolge la turbolenta epopea degli Sweringen. Nell’arco di un secolo si intrecciano i destini di quattro generazioni: il bisnonno cercatore d’oro; la bisnonna, Regina delle greggi, simbolo del coraggio, della forza e delle fragilità femminili; i cinque figli di lei...

Montana, années 1920.Phil et George, deux frères que tout oppose, vivent et travaillent ensemble dans l'un des plus grands ranchs de l'État. Cow-boy charismatique et flamboyant, Phil est aussi brillant et dominateur. Ses manières rudes et brutales donnent le ton à la vie sur le domaine tandis que George, taiseux et maladroit, reste dans son ombre.Lorsque George épouse Rose, la veuve d'un docteur local, Phil est persuadé qu'elle manipule son frère pour son arg...

Phil och George är bröder. Tillsammans äger de en stor ranch i Montana. Året är 1925 och de är mitt i livet, men delar fortfarande samma sovrum som när de var pojkar. När den blyge George oväntat gifter sig med änkan Rose, går Phils värld i bitar och han bestämmer sig för att förpesta sin svägerskas liv på ranchen. Kan någon skydda henne? Hundarnas våld är en studie i grymhet och kärlek, en klassiker som tar andan ur dig.

**NOW THE WINNER OF THE 2022 BEST DIRECTOR OSCAR AND TWO 2022 BAFTA AWARDS**Discover Thomas Savage's dark poetic tale of a small town in early 20th century America.Phil and George are brothers and joint owners of the biggest ranch in their Montana valley.Phil is the bright one, George the plodder. Phil is tall and angular; George is stocky and silent. Phil is a brilliant chess player, a voracious reader, an eloquent storyteller; Geo...

DA QUESTO ROMANZO L'OMONIMO FILM DIRETTO DA JANE CHAMPION, CON BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH E KIRSTEN DUNST. VINCITORE DEL LEONE D'ARGENTO PER LA MIGLIORE REGIA. Montana, 1924. Tra le pianure selvagge del vecchio West, a cui fa da sfondo una collina rocciosa che ha la forma di un cane in corsa, sorge il ranch piú grande dell’intera valle, il ranch dei fratelli Burbank. Phil e George Burbank, pur condividendo tutto da piú di quaranta anni, non potrebbero essere piú diversi. Alto e ...

Now an Academy Award-winning Netflix film by Jane Campion, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Kirsten Dunst: Thomas Savage's acclaimed Western is "a pitch-perfect evocation of time and place" (Boston Globe) for fans of East of Eden and Brokeback Mountain.Set in the wide-open spaces of the American West, The Power of the Dog is a stunning story of domestic tyranny, brutal masculinity, and thrilling defiance from one of the most pow...

Brought to you by Penguin.NOW THE WINNER OF THE 2022 BEST DIRECTOR OSCAR AND TWO 2022 BAFTA AWARDSDiscover Thomas Savage's dark poetic tale of a small town in early 20th century American that inspired the new Jane Campion film.WITH AN AFTERWORD BY ANNIE PROULXPhil and George are brothers and joint owners of the biggest ranch in their Montana valley.Phil is the bright one, George the ...

Now an Academy Award-winning Netflix film by Jane Campion, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Kirsten Dunst: Thomas Savage's acclaimed Western is "a pitch-perfect evocation of time and place" (Boston Globe) for fans of East of Eden and Brokeback Mountain.Set in the wide-open spaces of the American West, The Power of the Dog is a stunning story of domestic tyranny, brutal masculinity, and thrilling defiance from one of the most pow...

Sidney and her friends must race to find the origin of a storm that has hit their small island home—turning every animal into savage weapons—in this “unpredictable” (VOYA) and “fast-paced” (School Library Journal) thriller from New York Times bestselling author, Thomas E. Sniegoski.The future is looking bright for Sidney Moore as she as she gets ready to leave the small island of Benediction behind for one of Boston’s top veterinary schoo...

Ein intensives Psychodrama über das althergebrachte Ideal männlicher Härte und die Beziehung zwischen zwei Brüdern.Montana in den 1920ern: Den Brüdern Phil und George Burbank gehört die größte Ranch in ihrem Tal, sie sind ein gutes Team, obwohl ihre Charaktere unterschiedlicher nicht sein könnten. Phil ist elegant, genial und grausam, George schwerfällig, anspruchsvoll und sanft. Es ist ein Ort, wo Männer immer noch Männer sind, wo das sich rasant modernisierende 2...