Cows

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I was led to this book by various reviews that said things like “the most extreme novel you’ll ever read” (from the back cover copy), “gruesome beyond reason,” “most intense book I have ever read,” “most gruesome book I have ever read,” “I almost felt like I was doing something wrong reading it. There’s no pictures of Matthew Stokoe anywhere – remember we were googling on Clara’s laptop the other day, after milking time? In telling the stories of her animals, there are amusing anecdotes, moments of sadness and examples that show just how highly intelligent they can be. His paraplegic dog, named Dog, was crippled years back by his mother, known affectionately throughout as the Hagbeast. Det betyder at udfaldet som oftest har været, at køer er dumme, og troen på at dyret alligevel ikke ved, hvad der foregår, gør det selvfølgelig langt lettere at behandle det som intet mere end et produktionsapparat.

Now I must admit it’s a bit weird to read Cows (2015) and then pick up the pulpy Fevre Dream (1982) by R. I can believe a lot of what Rosamund said as I walk a lot and have found cows to be very curious animals. A version of this problem has been well studied in the case of de Sade, where repetition plays a central part in the creation of the pornographic effect.

The cow, part of a herd that has escaped the slaughter house and now lives in tunnels under the city streets, along with a herd of other cows, wants to convince Steven to help them stop Cripps by killing him. Whomever came up with the expression “Sticks and Stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me” should just ought rethink that statement after reading this book which smashes all boundaries of good taste, and just may make you become a vegetarian. So if you could take cowpox and inject it into someone, their system would recognize what was attacking them and build up a resistance to smallpox.

At the end we reflect with the author on all that has happened: “And there has only been horror at the ease of it all, the sickening backward flip of approaching fugue — not the sunrise of a new way to live. Often it turns out to be unexpectedly difficult to use such images simply because they are so strong. This is something I thought this book might touch on a little, as the author herself owns a farm, but it was far more about what cows are like as animals, which was totally fine! At Kite’s Nest Farm, Rosamund Young sees all her animals in a very different way, and her cows hold a special place in her heart.They don't come back every week, they just turn up when everything is growing nicely and you are lulled (yet again) into a feeling that the cows have given up on your place. After the roof got old, he started watching television obsessively, coming to believe that American sitcom families from the fifties led normal lives, and guaging happiness by those standards.