The old news of these times

Today I bought a dog. He is a beautiful little animal with an intelligent look. I chose him from a litter of four. To the three remaining I muttered some unintelligible words, as in a blessing that should rest on the further course of their lives and, later, their death,

'The Old News of These Times is a tragicomic novel about a man and his dog, his neighbors and his indefinable passionate love for a fourteen-year-old girl.