{"product_id":"the-lady-with-the-dog-9781761170843","title":"The Lady with the Dog","description":"\u003cp\u003eA work of rare emotional clarity and grace, The Lady with the Dog confirms Carrie Tiffany as one of Australia’s most important and fearless literary voices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn elderly couple are driving to the pound. At last, the old lady is getting a dog. The dog is driven through a gate in the fence to its new home. It goes to sleep in front of the black stove, but when it wakes, the old lady is confused. Doesn’t she already have a dog? The old lady slips a pair of pantyhose through the dog’s collar and walks it along the fence. For some reason the gate has disappeared. In the dog’s new home objects are uncoupling from their meaning. Is the dog still a dog? When the gate opens for the very last time will the dog go through?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith whimsical drawings from artist Noel McKenna, \u003ci\u003eThe Lady with the Dog\u003c\/i\u003e is a homage to the exquisite sadness of Chekhov’s famous short story. A masterful novella about the importance of animals in language and life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Magnificent.’ – Kate Grenville\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781761170843\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 01 Oct 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: NewSouth Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: Sydney, NSW, Australia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 17.8(H)x12.7(L)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eCarrie Tiffany was born in West Yorkshire and grew up in Western Australia. Her first novel, Everyman’s Rules for Scientific Living, was shortlisted for the Orange Prize, the Miles Franklin Literary Award, the Guardian First Book Award and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, and won the Dobbie Award for Best First Book and the WA Premier’s Award for Fiction. Her second novel, Mateship with Birds, was the winner of the inaugural Stella Prize and the NSW Premier’s Literary Award for fiction. Her third novel, Exploded View, was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award and won the Queensland Fiction Book Award.   Noel McKenna’s works examine his version of suburban culture in its many guises. He is interested in the everyday, the unobserved, the underappreciated and the neglected. McKenna’s practice traverses media from drawing, prints, sculpture, painting, and both functional and non-functional ceramic ware. He has been the subject of several significant museum exhibitions and his work is held in many public, private and corporate collections.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"Carrie Tiffany","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50628754833625,"sku":"9781761170843","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9781761170843.jpg?v=1791458754","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/the-lady-with-the-dog-9781761170843","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}