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Synopsis
Waking up early to check the cattle, Gareth notices one of the calving cows is missing and sets off to find her before the sun gets too strong. What follows is a search through memory and anxiety about losing what he has as Gareth walks the land looking for the missing cow. Increasingly, the narrative is disturbed by arresting and often brutal imagery as things chip away at Gareth's patience and the need to find the cow becomes more pressing. The day unfolds, and the cow's behaviour emerges as a metaphor for the relationship between Gareth and his wife Kate as they stumble on desperately in their changing care for each other. Only the reader is aware of the tragedy that awaits the family a few days down the line, throwing the story into shadow with a terrible poignancy.
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About the Author
Cynan Jones is a writer whose work has appeared in Richard & Judy's Winning Stories and Urban Welsh.
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a serious, thoughtful and, at times, genuinely moving work.New Welsh Reviewbold and punctuated with some scintillating imagery, this is a near perfect debutWestern Mail(this) story reinvigorated my belief in humanity and in men.Tracy Falke TV Presenter
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- PublisherParthian Books
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1905762585
- ISBN 13 9781905762583
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages119
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