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The Fate of Bonté III / Alain Poissant ; translated by Rob Twiss.

By: Poissant, Alain, 1951-.
Contributor(s): Twiss, Rob.
Series: Literary Translation ; Traduction littéraire. Publisher: Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, 2015Description: 80 p. : cov. ill. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9780776622859 (pbk).Subject(s): Cows -- Fiction | Single Moms. -- Fiction | Farm Life. -- Fiction | Social Isolation. -- Fiction | Napierville (Québec) -- Fiction | Napierville (Québec) -- FictionOnline resources: Publisher's Website. | Check the UO Library catalog.
Contents:
"Bonté III was five years old. A cow of that age is at her prime. Prime is an accounting term. A dairy farm is a business and must be managed as such. From this perspective, Bonté III's days were numbered. Numbered is not an empty word. She had been a good representative of her breed. A cow, after all, has no need to try to be a cow. Her life is that of a cow: a predetermined cycle that is easily reflected on a balance sheet. She eats. She drinks. She ruminates. She urinates. She defecates. All this has a cost. She ovulates. She bears a calf. She gives birth. She produces milk. All this brings money. [...} Tit for tat. The only thing left to do for Bonté III was to call the butcher.
The Fate of Bonté III is a story of love and loneliness with colourful characters, a reflection on life and the vital need to be useful to someone or to something." (Book Cover)
CONTENTS:
Foreword
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
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Translation of: Le sort de Bonté III.

Includes bibliographical references.

"Bonté III was five years old. A cow of that age is at her prime. Prime is an accounting term. A dairy farm is a business and must be managed as such. From this perspective, Bonté III's days were numbered. Numbered is not an empty word. She had been a good representative of her breed. A cow, after all, has no need to try to be a cow. Her life is that of a cow: a predetermined cycle that is easily reflected on a balance sheet. She eats. She drinks. She ruminates. She urinates. She defecates. All this has a cost. She ovulates. She bears a calf. She gives birth. She produces milk. All this brings money. [...} Tit for tat. The only thing left to do for Bonté III was to call the butcher.

The Fate of Bonté III is a story of love and loneliness with colourful characters, a reflection on life and the vital need to be useful to someone or to something." (Book Cover)

CONTENTS:

Foreword

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9












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