Cowkind
Subtitle: A Novel
Edition: 1st ed edition
Publisher: St Martins Pr
Published: June 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9780312143022
Subjects: General; Historical - General; American First Novelists; Fiction - General; Dairy farmers; Farm life; Human-animal relationships; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975; Fiction
Description: A family's story narrated by their cows. From what the cows have overheard, they know farmer Bob has financial worries because he failed to mechanize early enough. They know his wife is unhappy, that the daughter is dying to leave the farm and that the son is afraid of the Vietnam War draft. They know and they try to make sense of it. A satire on the human world.