Shakespeare, Borghild Strandenes
Shakespeare, Borghild Strandenes
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Shakespeare
The dog with a broken brain

Author: Borghild Strandenes

Narrator: Wendy Troe

Unabridged: 10 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/15/2024


Synopsis

Borghild Strandenes is a Norwegian woman living in France where she runs a small non-profit rescue association, specialised in helping blind dogs and dogs suffering from trauma. In 2020 she flies to Cyprus to bring three blind dogs to France. Whilst on the island she meets Shakespeare, a dog that has sat “frozen “in a concrete corner for five years. Noone has seen Shakespeare stand up, nor eat, as he will only eat and move in the night when there is no humans at the sanctuary. Shakespeare has been visited by trainers and behaviourists alike, who all say there’s no hope for Shakespeare. He is a doomed dog, they say – only alive due to his beating heart.
Then, one winter morning a meeting at a shelter, on a plateau in Cyprus changes both their lives forever - and through this memoir you can follow their magical, heartbreaking, uplifting, incredible journey

Reviews

Goodreads review by s.penkevich on March 04, 2025

Going to start saying “Exit pursued by bear” every time I leave a room so if you never see me again you’ll always wonder… This is a delightfully bonkers little tale of the late Shakespeare era and forgiveness becomes a large and lovely theme. Which like, this is quite the act of forgiveness as Leonte......more

Goodreads review by Bill on November 22, 2019

A masterpiece, demonstrating how grace redeems and love restores over time. This play features one of Shakespeare's most interesting psychological studies (Leontes) and two of his most charming heroines (Hermione and Perdita). Shakespeare's art has deepened to the point where he can deliberately cho......more

Goodreads review by Hailey on August 28, 2017

*Read for class!......more

Goodreads review by Paul on January 24, 2025

A winter of the heart descends upon a weak-minded king, setting in motion a sequence of potentially tragic events that unfold against a fantastical background. Such is the tableau that unfolds for the reader in William Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale. The Winter's Tale was composed late in Shakespear......more

Goodreads review by Sasha on May 28, 2019

"Exit, pursued by a bear" is the most famous stage direction in literature. It comes here in Winter's Tale, at the end of Act III, and it's famous because it's funny. And the really funny thing is it's been a hella dark play until this moment. What happened is King Leontes has become suddenly and ir......more