The Cow Book by John Connell
The intimate account of a year on an Irish farm - and a keyhole history of man's relationship with the cow.
Superb.. an unexpected triumph, surely a prize-winner -- Richard Benson * Mail on Sunday *
I usually view rural Ireland from a train or car window but reading this gripping, fascinating book I felt I was becoming a cattle farmer -- Roddy Doyle
John Connell's The Cow Book starts well... and gets better. This is an important slice of living, breathing agricultural history written with absolute honesty by an insider who has the rare quality of being able to see it from the outside too -- Rosamund Young
A gorgeous read, full of warmth, truth and tentative wonder. John Connell has written "an elegy to the nature I know", but this book is an elegy to so much more - to art and myth and sorrow and longing -- Sara Baume
This book is a vivid and sharply observed account of a way of life which is almost invisible, a new hidden Ireland. It is also a fascinating portrait of a single sensibility, a born notice, someone on whom nothing is lost, observing birth and death, the landscape and his own heritage -- Colm Tóibín
In lyrical prose, Connell describes the timeless rhythms of farming, the ancient relationship between man and beast, the fellowship that binds rural communities of Ireland, and the fierce generational struggle between father and son -- Jane Shilling * Daily Mail *
[A] sweet book . . . a beguiling introduction to aspects of everyday agricultural life * Oldie *
I usually view rural Ireland from a train or car window but reading this gripping, fascinating book I felt I was becoming a cattle farmer -- Roddy Doyle
John Connell's The Cow Book starts well... and gets better. This is an important slice of living, breathing agricultural history written with absolute honesty by an insider who has the rare quality of being able to see it from the outside too -- Rosamund Young
A gorgeous read, full of warmth, truth and tentative wonder. John Connell has written "an elegy to the nature I know", but this book is an elegy to so much more - to art and myth and sorrow and longing -- Sara Baume
This book is a vivid and sharply observed account of a way of life which is almost invisible, a new hidden Ireland. It is also a fascinating portrait of a single sensibility, a born notice, someone on whom nothing is lost, observing birth and death, the landscape and his own heritage -- Colm Tóibín
In lyrical prose, Connell describes the timeless rhythms of farming, the ancient relationship between man and beast, the fellowship that binds rural communities of Ireland, and the fierce generational struggle between father and son -- Jane Shilling * Daily Mail *
[A] sweet book . . . a beguiling introduction to aspects of everyday agricultural life * Oldie *
John Connell's work has been published in Granta's New Irish Writing issue. He lives on his family farm, Birchview, in County Longford.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781783784189 |
| ISBN 10 | 1783784180 |
| Title | The Cow Book |
| Author | John Connell |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Granta Books |
| Year published | 2019-03-07 |
| Number of pages | 0 |
| Prizes | Winner of Irish Books Awards 2018 (UK) |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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