{"id":1248,"date":"2026-05-18T21:49:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T21:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heartofchina.net\/?page_id=1248"},"modified":"2026-06-07T21:46:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T21:46:34","slug":"the-four-seasons-of-rascal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/heartofchina.net\/fr\/the-four-seasons-of-rascal\/","title":{"rendered":"Les Quatre Saisons de Rascal"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Dog from Harbin.<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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There is no memoir quite like this one.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Click to pre-purchase on Amazon today!<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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This the story of a Westerner who didn’t just visit China \u2014 he lived inside it. For nearly two decades, Todd Cornell built a life in Harbin, Beijing, Taiwan, and beyond, navigating language, culture, and belonging in ways outsiders seldom attempt.<\/p>\n

And through all of it, there was Rascal: a West Siberian Laika purchased at a Harbin street market for a handful of yuan \u2014 small enough to fit in one hand \u2014 and large enough to change lives.<\/p>\n

Told through the four seasons of a life \u2014 \u6625\u590f\u79cb\u51ac \u2014 this memoir follows one man and his dog in China, and across the American West.<\/p>\n

This is a book about cultural immersion, about what it means to truly belong somewhere foreign, about love expressed without a shared language, and about the particular grief of loving an animal across a lifetime.<\/p>\n

No expat memoir has told this story from the inside. Not through a dog. Not with this depth.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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For readers of:<\/strong> The Art of Racing in the Rain<\/em> \u00b7 Hachiko<\/em> \u00b7 River Town<\/em> \u00b7 Wild<\/em> \u00b7 A Year in Provence<\/em><\/p>\n

Themes:<\/strong> China \u00b7 Cultural identity \u00b7 Expat life \u00b7 Human-animal bond \u00b7 Cross-cultural belonging \u00b7 Memory \u00b7 Loss<\/p>\n

Publication date:<\/strong> June 15, 2026<\/p>\n

Publisher:<\/strong> Cultur668 Publishing<\/p>\n

Author:<\/strong> Todd Cornell (\u5eb7\u9e3f\u71b9)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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On Chinese television, talking about the day I found Rascal at a Harbin street market. \u201cTo the trained eye, most of the animals were lethargic from lack of nutrition. Vendors didn\u2019t feed them well \u2014 holding off until a prospective buyer was nearby, then offering cornmeal or a cheap staple to spark energy. This made them appear playful.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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From a special on Harbin Cable TV \u2014 Rascal and his toy basket. He knew exactly what he wanted, when he wanted it. And sometimes, just sometimes, he even put things back.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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From a special on Harbin Cable TV \u2014 Rascal on his treadmill. He ran twice a day, thirty minutes each time. And he always got a treat after!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Available in Reader’s Edition (paperback) and Kindle on June 15, 2026.<\/em><\/p>

Collector’s Edition with original watercolor illustrations by Beijing artist \u59dc\u94c1\u6210 \u2014 coming soon.<\/em><\/p>

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The Dog from Harbin. \u6dd8\u6c14\u5b9d There is no memoir quite like this one. Click to pre-purchase on Amazon today! Follow Rascal’s Facebook page to get the most current status of the book. Facebook.com\/RascalFromHarbin The Four Seasons of Rascal This the story of a Westerner who didn’t just visit China \u2014 he lived inside it. For […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1248","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/heartofchina.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/heartofchina.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/heartofchina.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heartofchina.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heartofchina.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1248"}],"version-history":[{"count":60,"href":"https:\/\/heartofchina.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1321,"href":"https:\/\/heartofchina.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1248\/revisions\/1321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/heartofchina.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}