Red Dog Farm
A Novel
Nathaniel Ian Miller
- From
- the
- author
- of
- The
- Memoirs
- of
- Stockholm
- Sven,
- an
- atmospheric
- novel
- about
- family,
- friends,
- and
- falling
- in
- love,
- as
- a
- young
- man
- tries
- to
- find
- purpose
- on
- a
- struggling
- Icelandic
- cattle
- farmGrowing
- up
- on
- his
- family’s
- cattle
- farm
- in
- western
- Iceland,
- young
- Orri
- has
- gained
- an
- appreciation
- for
- the
- beauty
- found
- in
- everyday
- things:
- the
- cavorting
- of
- a
- newborn
- calf,
- the
- return
- of
- birdsong
- after
- a
- long
- winter,
- the
- steadfast
- love
- of
- a
- good
- (or
- tolerably
- good)
- farm
- dog.
- But
- the
- outer
- world
- still
- beckons,
- so
- Orri
- leaves
- his
- no-nonsense
- Lithuanian
- Jewish
- mother
- and
- his
- taciturn
- father,
- Pabbi,
- to
- attend
- university
- in
- Reykjavík.Pabbi
- is
- no
- stranger
- to
- cycles
- of
- life
- and
- death,
- growth
- and
- destruction.
- He
- is
- pursued
- by
- the
- memory
- of
- a
- volcanic
- eruption
- and
- its
- aftermath,
- and
- so
- many
- years
- of
- hardscrabble
- farming
- have
- left
- their
- mark.
- Jaded,
- and
- no
- longer
- able
- to
- find
- joy
- in
- his
- way
- of
- life,
- Pabbi
- falls
- into
- a
- depression
- soon
- after
- Orri
- goes
- away
- to
- school.
- Orri,
- feeling
- adrift
- and
- aimless
- at
- the
- end
- of
- his
- first
- semester,
- comes
- home.For
- the
- first
- time,
- Pabbi
- allows
- Orri
- to
- help
- him
- run
- the
- farm.
- Despite
- their
- conflicting
- attitudes,
- Orri
- and
- Pabbi
- must
- learn
- to
- work
- together.
- Meanwhile,
- Orri
- meets
- a
- kindred
- spirit
- on
- the
- internet:
- Mihan,
- a
- part-time
- student.
- Over
- time—and
- countless
- texts
- and
- phone
- calls—their
- connection
- deepens.
- By
- year’s
- end,
- Orri
- must
- decide
- whether
- he
- wants
- to—or
- should—return
- to
- university,
- and
- what
- a
- future
- with
- Mihan
- would
- hold,
- if
- she’ll
- have
- him.With
- his
- signature
- blend
- of
- humor
- and
- tenderness,
- Nathaniel
- Ian
- Miller’s
- Red
- Dog
- Farm
- is
- about
- the
- bonds
- forged
- and
- tested
- between
- family,
- friends,
- and
- lovers—and
- the
- act
- of
- building
- a
- home, together.
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