About this book
Timbuktu is a 1999 novella by Paul Auster. It is about the life of a dog, Mr Bones, who is struggling to come to terms with the fact that his homeless master is dying. The story, set in the early 1990s, is told through the eyes of Mr Bones, who, although not anthropomorphised, has an internal monologue in English.
Subjects
High school teachersPoetsDog ownersOpen Library Staff PicksFictionHomeless personsDogsRomans, nouvellesNichtsesshafterHundBaltimoreMetropolitan Museum of ArtFiction, generalBaltimore (md.), fictionMaryland, fictionDog owners, fictionTeachers, fictionNew york (n.y.), fictionReminiscingChiens