Brad Kessler
Teoksen Goat Song: A Seasonal Life, A Short History of Herding, and the Art of Making Cheese tekijä
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Brad Kessler's work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Doubletake, The Nation, & The Village Voice. A former editor at Interview magazine, he is the author of several award-winning children's books, including "The Firebird", "Brer Rabbit & Boss Lion", & "John Henry". He näytä lisää lives in Vermont & New York City. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
Tekijän teokset
Goat Song: A Seasonal Life, A Short History of Herding, and the Art of Making Cheese (2009) 247 kappaletta
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Yleistieto
- Syntymäaika
- 1963
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- USA
- Asuinpaikat
- Vermont, USA
- Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
- Whiting Writers' Award (2007)
Rome Fellowship in Literature (2008)
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Goat Song: A Seasonal Life, A Short History of… Tekijä: Brad Kessler
It was an interesting telling of one couple's experience starting a goat farm, and the journey to cheese making.
Loved this. I read it with quiet mind, savoring it in small tastes. Can a book have terroir? If so this one does.
From page one:
"Herding is a way of doing something while doing nothing; it asks only for one's presence, awake, watching animals and earth.
"Wind rakes the trees. Clouds float shadows through the grass. We enter the woods and the goats eat ash, birch, and maple. This evening I'll milk the does back in the barn and when the sun goes down I'll make an aged cheese from their milk called a 'tomme'. Months from now when snow covers the mountains, I'll open that 'tomme' and find this day again inside its rind: the aromatic grass, the leaves, this wind."… (lisätietoja)
From page one:
"Herding is a way of doing something while doing nothing; it asks only for one's presence, awake, watching animals and earth.
"Wind rakes the trees. Clouds float shadows through the grass. We enter the woods and the goats eat ash, birch, and maple. This evening I'll milk the does back in the barn and when the sun goes down I'll make an aged cheese from their milk called a 'tomme'. Months from now when snow covers the mountains, I'll open that 'tomme' and find this day again inside its rind: the aromatic grass, the leaves, this wind."… (lisätietoja)
Interesting perspectives from viewpoint of airplane crash grieving family members and innkeepers role on the island. The key character Ana, who studies bird migrations, forms the backbone of the story hence the title of the novel. It a sad story, should follow this book with something more cheerful. Definitely recommend it!
This was an interesting read. The writing was a little flowery in spots and the way he ended the book did not follow the theme of humility that made the rest of the story so wholesome and down to earth. But now i want some fresh chèvre!
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