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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Duchovny, David (1960-....)
Titre(s) : Holy cow [Texte imprimé] / David Duchovny ; [illustrations by Natalya Balnova]
Publication : New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015
Description matérielle : 206 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Note(s) : "A rollicking, globe-trotting adventure with a twist: a four-legged heroine you won't
soon forget Elsie Bovary is a cow, and a pretty happy one at that--her long, lazy
days are spent eating, napping, and chatting with her best friend, Mallory. One night,
Elsie and Mallory sneak out of their pasture; but while Mallory is interested in flirting
with the neighboring bulls, Elsie 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. There's only one solution: escape to a better, safer world.
And so a motley crew is formed: Elsie; Jerry--excuse me, Shalom--a cranky, Torah-reading
pig who's recently converted to Judaism; and Tom, a suave (in his own mind, at least)
turkey who can't fly, but who can work an iPhone with his beak. Toting stolen passports
and slapdash human disguises, they head for the airport. Elsie is our wise-cracking,
pop-culture-reference-dropping, slyly witty narrator; Tom--who does eventually learn
to fly (sort of)--dispenses psychiatric advice in a fake German accent; and Shalom,
rejected by his adopted people in Jerusalem, ends up unexpectedly uniting Israelis
and Palestinians. David Duchovny's charismatic creatures point the way toward a mutual
understanding and acceptance that the world desperately needs" ; "A humorous allegory
in the spirit of Animal Farm"
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Balnova, Natalya. Illustrateur
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780374172077. - ISBN 0374172072. - ISBN 9780374712891 (erroné). - ISBN 0374712891
(erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45082797f
Notice n° :
FRBNF45082797
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