Cow

By Beat Sterchi

Book Overview

Cow is the story of a Spanish agricultural labourer, Ambrosio, who goes to Switzerland as a Gastarbeiter. He is bound for Innenwald, a village in the Swiss highlands, and the novel begins as he is... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394584511
• ISBN13: 9780394584515
• Release Date: April 1990
• Publisher: Pantheon Books
• Length: 353 Pages
• Weight: 1.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Don't dismiss this book.

I think that the editorial review doesn't do justice to this book. I read it a few years ago after seeing it reviewed in The Guardian (UK). If you want a light, humourous read this is not for you BUT I was moved. The characters drew me in to such an extent that, by the end, I was a wreck! It is a perfect example of man's inhumanity to man (and animal) and although there may be some parts that could have been written better-or perhaps translated better, I don't know which should be criticised-it ultimately gives the reader something very important to think about. Read it and make up your own mind.