The Dogs Bark

[The Dogs Bark]
Year: 
1951
Type: 
Public: 
Publisher: 
Random House
Year of publication: 
1973
Pages: 
419
Moral assessment: 
Type: Literature
Nothing inappropriate.
Some morally inappropriate content.
Contains significant sections contrary to faith or morals.
Contains some lurid passages, or presents a general ideological framework that could confuse those without much Christian formation.
Contains several lurid passages, or presents an ideological framework that is contrary or foreign to Christian values.
Explicitly contradicts Catholic faith or morals, or is directed against the Church and its institutions.
Literary quality: 
Recommendable: 
Transmits values: 
Sexual content: 
Violent content: 
Vulgar or obscene language: 
Ideas that contradict Church teaching: 
The rating of the different categories comes from the opinion of Delibris' collaborators

The title is a reference to Don Quixote's telling to Sancho “ they bark, therefore we ride”, which has passed into popular language and has similarities in other cultures. It is a work of short writings with many autobiographical features; some are known to be included in other volumes by the author.

Notwithstanding the disparity of the subject matter, as a whole the work is a sample of the author's literary quality; his great sense of humor, irony, fluency and sharpness allow him to describe in a few words all the psychological depth of a personality or a situation. It is easy to read and his tone is friendly. 

Truman Capote, whose real name was Truman Streckfus Persons (1924-1982) (he adopted the surname of his mother's second husband) was a novelist, screenwriter, playwright, considered one of the best writers of his country. Several of his short stories, novels and plays are already considered classics. According to his own words, he began to write in his childhood because he was isolated (he lived with distant relatives). He attended many parties and several ladies made him confidences that he published, so he fell into a social ostracism that aggravated his emotional imbalances. He became famous with his book “In Cold Blood” (1966) which recounted a real murder. He had previously written another of his emblematic works “The Grass Harp” (1951) Many of his novels, up to twenty, have been made into films or television. He died at the age of 59 from a complicated liver disease.

Author: Angeles Labrada, Spain
Update on: Nov 2024