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Holy Cow ハードカバー – 2015/2/3

英語版 David Duchovny (著)
4.1 5つ星のうち4.1 1,260個の評価
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Holy Cow by David Duchovny is a comic delight that will thrill fans of Jasper Fforde and Ben Aaronovitch. And anyone who enjoys a witty wisecrack in a novel.

Elsie Bovary is a cow and a pretty happy one at that. Until one night, Elsie sneaks out of the pasture and finds herself drawn to the farmhouse. Through the window, she sees the farmer's family gathered around a bright Box God - and what the Box God reveals about something called an 'industrial meat farm' shakes Elsie's understanding of her world to its core.

The only solution? To escape to a better, safer world. And so a motley crew is formed: Elsie; Shalom, a grumpy pig who's recently converted to Judaism; and Tom, a suave turkey who can't fly, but can work an iPhone with his beak. Toting stolen passports and slapdash human disguises, they head for the airport ...

Elsie is a wise-cracking, slyly witty narrator; Tom dispenses psychiatric advice in a fake German accent; and Shalom ends up unexpectedly uniting Israelis and Palestinians. David Duchovny's charismatic creatures point the way toward a mutual understanding and acceptance the world desperately needs.

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    224ページ
  2. 言語
    英語
  3. 出版社
    Headline Book Publishing
  4. 発売日
    2015/2/3
  5. 寸法
    14.9 x 3 x 22.4 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    1472225880
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1472225887
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David Duchovny is a very smart and wryly entertaining actor, and now, novelist. Although I will never publicly admit to jealousy, I am having him killed. ― Rob Lowe

This is the best cow-based theological odyssey of all time. A hybrid of Joyce's Ulysses and beef. Elsie Bovary is a modern day Damona. ― Craig Ferguson

David Duchovny's witty invention of the charming, brave and smart-mouthed Elsie Bovary guarantees that his Swiftian fable about a cow, a pig and a turkey's hilarious and moving farm-break to save themselves from the cruelty of human consumption is a literary feast no reader can resist. ― Rafael Yglesias, author of A Happy Marriage

[Duchovny's] debut novel is a charming fable about dignity and tolerance, complete with anthropomorphized animals and replete with puns, double-entendres and sophisticated humor ... ― Kirkus Reviews (starred)

著者について

David Duchovny is a television, stage and screen actor, as well as a screenwriter and director.

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  • 出版社 ‏ : ‎ Headline Book Publishing (2015/2/3)
  • 発売日 ‏ : ‎ 2015/2/3
  • 言語 ‏ : ‎ 英語
  • ハードカバー ‏ : ‎ 224ページ
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1472225880
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1472225887
  • 寸法 ‏ : ‎ 14.9 x 3 x 22.4 cm
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S.
5つ星のうち5.0 Surpreendente e envolvente!!
2020年8月22日にブラジルでレビュー済み
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Não tem como não se apaixonar e torcer para a Vaca realizar os seus sonhos e que nesta caminhada...
Ou seria nossa?
O que seria da vida sem os amigos,os verdadeiros que nos apoiam e nos auxiliam nessa cruzada da vida?
É um livro para ler e se deixar fluir pela imaginação e leveza da estória e torcer para tenhamos um final feliz.
Afinal viemos ao mundo para sermos felizes, as nossas escolhas dirão se seremos ou não.
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Roci
5つ星のうち5.0 Holy Cow, una fábula brillante
2020年8月6日にスペインでレビュー済み
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El libro es mágico. Es como un cuento para adultos. El sentido del humor de David Duchovny es BRILLANTE. Se lee en nada porque en el momento que empiezas no puedes dejarlo. Conseguí el libro a muy buen precio y además lo mandaron rapidísimo!
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Ratan
5つ星のうち5.0 Holy Cow: A modern day fable tracing the journey of three comical animals towards self enlightenment!
2015年2月17日にカナダでレビュー済み
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Amazing, Ribtickling, enjoyable, rollicking & riotous fable with a message from the animals to mankind without being too proselytizing. I especially loved the lingo used by Elsie cow to converse with her BFF Mallory and later with Shalom the peace making pig( who is also a nervous pooper) and Tom the gizmo wielding Turkey. David Duchovny, thanks for writing such a wonderful fable much appreciated. A must read book, by all means! Absolutely loved it.
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albion
5つ星のうち5.0 Deep, Thoughtful and Hilarious
2015年2月6日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済み
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WARNING THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!

Its been a while since I've been excited enough for a book to participate in a pre-order. (Deathly Hallows.)I wanted this book the day it came out and not a moment later. Initially my interest was sparked by the author, I'm not going to lie. I'm a long time fan of Duchovny. That being said, with all the excitement I knew I had to be hard on this book for that very reason.

I need not have worried.

The premise of the novel, the three animals searching for an escape from their inevitable fate as dinner (among other things)for humans, seems simple enough. However this story is really anything but simple. On the surface "Holy Cow" is a hilarious, irreverent allegory that pokes fun and stretches the imagination (case in point, Tom the turkey flying a plane). The story, I believe is targeted for all ages, was an easy read and I would not hesitate to allow my kids to read it.

There were several 'laugh out loud' moments for me, including Joe/Shalom's delightfully impertinent observation that "Jews are just Christians with longer sideburns. And a better sense of humor". The pop culture references (and the explanation thereof) and the fact that Mallory the cow has the vocabulary of a teenage girl were highly amusing, especially when read out loud to my co-workers.

If one wished to, one could leave it at that and chalk this novel up to a delightful, witty and outlandish talking animal story, and keep going.

I, personally, found many parts of this novel to actually be deep, philosophical, political, environmental and cultural. The underlying notion that indeed animals are more than just mindless masses who exist only to feed, clothe and amuse the human race really gets you thinking. As does Elsie's description of the "Box God" and the way the whole human family is mesmerized by it, "What a strange god that instead of bringing people together, divides them.". Through Elsie's eyes, humans look like heartless, selfish greedy and pathetic creatures and I'm not so sure I disagree with her bovine view of the world. Elsie, Shalom, Tom and even Joe the camel really don't pull any punches about humans and how we consume everything we touch. There really is no end to our cruelty.

I think for me, the moment where Elsie realizes that her lost mother was actually taken off to be slaughtered and butchered really hit home, the fog of depression she finds herself in, the horror she feels, the pain and the loss. It's written simply but it hurts to read it. The banging of her head against the wall, her inability to really even comprehend the horror of her future, and her inability to do anything about it is a hard hitting moment.

The fact that by an "accident" Joe and Shalom begin a peace process between Palestine and Israel may seem a little far fetched, but they do have a point. Coming together against a common enemy or hatred is something that humans excel at, for better or worse. In this case that common factor just happens to be poor Shalom.

Tom's moment in the plane, looking out the window really got to me, his tears as he looked at the ground far below. His dream to fly has come true, though not in the way he expected. This was perhaps one of the most poignant moments in the book. This also seems to be another theme running through the story, these animals dream of a better life and they get what they wanted, but its not quite what they expected or perhaps, in the end, even wanted. Shalom's realization that he doesn't want to live safe but reviled, and Elsie's that she doesn't want to compromise her ideals in order to be worshipped after all really drive that point home. There's a strong "the grass isn't always greener" lesson to be learned here.

I think my favorite part in the entire book is the scene on the beach in India with the "Goddess Cows" and the "Silly Cows" (there is mention of drug use here but its pretty mild and would probably go over the heads of most younger audiences). This part was honestly so profound it moved me to tears. The fact that Elsie saw all people/animals as the same. To her, religious differences didn't exist, she wasn't better or different because of a religious belief and neither was anyone else, animal or human. Her unfaltering loyalty to her friends in the face of the "Goddess Cows" and their superiority really moved me. And her unwavering response to all of this _ "I. Am. An. Animal."

Aren't we all?

Buy, borrow, do what you can, but read this book! You won't regret it.
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torleya
5つ星のうち5.0 Originale e divertente
2016年5月21日にイタリアでレビュー済み
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Ho acquistato la versione in inglese e ho apprezzato l'ironia e i giochi di parole di Duchovny. Onestamente non credo che una traduzione in italiano riesca a fare loro onore, sono stata contentissima di averlo letto nella versione originale. La storia incuriosisce e diverte, è un libro che mi è piaciuto molto per la sua originalità.
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