His Scent After the Rain

A story of unconditional love, true friendship, and the invisible bond that exists between a person and a dog. 

«…You will learn many amazing things about dogs and about yourself too. Personally, this book performed a little miracle for me — page by page, word by word, I once again heard my dog trotting through our home, heard her voice during our nighttime conversations, and most importantly — felt how «wonderfully she smells after the rain». Jean-Paul Dubois 

Cédric Sapen-Dufour wrote a remarkably touching and at the same time ironic book about unexpected encounters, gifted by fate, that show us who we are and what our understanding of the world and love is.

This story actually happened. It all started with a small ad in the local newspaper: twelve Bernese Mountain Dog puppies were looking for a home. Thus, Cédric, a physical education teacher and mountaineer, got a new friend, Ubak. From then on, their shared life was filled with a special, unconditional love that only exists between a person and his dog.
Cédric and Ubak's bond was unbreakable: they challenged the world together, hated separation, loved the mountains and nature, strolls in the Alps through rocky, cloud-covered hills, quiet evenings at home… These were minutes, hours, years of true happiness, although both understood that the shared journey would be unbearably short. And indeed — time compressed as Ubak grew older, for a human life is longer than a dog's.
But Cédric will never stop hearing the patter of Ubak's paws and will never stop feeling his scent after the rain — a smell like no other.

A book that evokes the most sincere emotions.  

Over 400,000 copies sold in France