A Novel
THEIA
The Last Evening
A dog watches a marriage come apart and back together across the years she holds them — until the night the family realizes, too late, that she was the structural beam.
The Book
Told in close-third through the consciousness of a Siberian husky named Theia, this novella spans the years of a marriage — its silences, its fractures, its tenderness — as witnessed by the creature who knows them best.
Theia cannot explain what she senses. She can only be there. And being there, it turns out, is everything.
Form
Literary novella
Length
20,736 words
Comps
Sigrid Nunez, The Friend
Claire Keegan, Foster
Denis Johnson, Train Dreams
“In memory of Theia and Watson. The stories are not true. The dogs were.”
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About
Ben Arlen is a debut author. THEIA: The Last Evening is his first book.
It is dedicated in memory of two dogs who were, in every sense that mattered, real.
Contact
benarlen20@gmail.com