Big Pig, Little Pig

Informationen zum Autor Jacqueline Yallop is the author of three critically acclaimed novels and two works of non-fiction. Jacqueline teaches Creative Writing at the University of Aberystwyth, and divides her time between the UK and south-west France. Klappentext Jacqueline Yallop is the author of three critically acclaimed novels and two works of non-fiction. Jacqueline teaches Creative Writing at the University of Aberystwyth, and divides her time between the UK and south-west France. Zusammenfassung 'A love story, a meditation on meat eating, on farming animals, on the relations between man and beast. Yallop writes with great tenderness' Daily Telegraph On her fortieth birthday Jacqueline Yallop built a pig sty in rural south-west France. She and her husband Ed had decided to turn their Aveyron cottage and garden into a small holding. They bought two pigs - Big and Little - to rear and slaughter. The locals were full of advice, and with just a small amount of plastic poles and metallic string and some new Wellington boots, they were off. They will cultivate the land. They will raise, then kill and eat their pigs. Or so they keep telling themselves. Because the reality is so very different from the romantic dreams of two stubborn English writers . . .

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jacqueline Yallop, Jacqueline Yallup
• Editore: Penguin Books Uk
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 05.07.2018
• EAN: 9780241977156
• ISBN: 978-0-241-97715-6
• Pagine: 240
• Dimensioni: 128 mm x 198 mm x 12 mm
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Natura; Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Saggistica > Politica, società, economia; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Agricoltura, giardinaggio; silvicoltura, pesca, alimentazione; NATURE / Animals / General, NATURE / Animal Rights, TRAVEL / Europe / France, NATURE / Regional, Animals & society, The countryside, country life: general interest, Farm & working animals, The countryside, country life, Animal Husbandry, Animal life stories, Farm and working animals: general interest