Vintage 1980 DEATH STY "A Pig's Tale" by Raymond Cousse - N M Condition- First Edition- Vintage Hardcover Book- Very RARE Find!
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DEATH STY "A Pig's Tale" by Raymond Cousse - N M Condition- First Edition-
Vintage Hardcover Book- Very RARE Find! Great gift for CollectorsThis is a rare find indeed...Near mint condition, 1980 vintage hardcover book. First Edition/First Printing. Perfect binding, appears pages never turned. Pen inscription on first page (see photo 4), dust jacket has some minor wear. Book 99.9% perfect. Wonderful gift for collectors! We ship fast and safe worldwide everyday.Purchases of $35 and above qualify for FREE shipping! Buy more from our store and save $$$....SynopsisTranslated from French by Richard Miller:This extraordinary novel has a pig as the narrator, the "author," the hero. It is the story of beings who, from fattening to butchering, are absolutely destined to become hams. The hero of the novel regards life from a shark, philosophical viewpoint, with a detachment which focuses on the questions that have held the attention of the great thinkers throughout the centuries: Who are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going? This astonishes pig - our double, our brother - knows he is consigned to the slaughterhouse as surely as we know we are destined to death's Great Sleep. With a sense of humor that never fails, Raymond Cousse has made his pig decidedly human: he fights, he loves, he thinks; his pig says out loud what people say only to themselves."Here I am on the threshold of a great adventure. Afoot, on horseback, in refrigerator cars, or as canned goods, my future course is set. I shall soon be spread like good tidings over the entire globe. There are indications that my roasts and chops already hear the call of the open road. If I hadn't kept a firm hold on them, I think they would have attempted to sneak off before slaughter. But I am a law-abiding hog. So long as I control my merchandise, not one iota will be diverted from teh legal market. Only when I have participated in the confection of commonplace and communal rillettes and pates will I consider myself to have been totally dressed and - so to speak - redressed. Afterwards, of course, it's another story. But what will it matter then? I shall have lived."Paperback: 96 pages Publisher: Grove Press; 1st edition, First Printing (June 1, 1980) Language: English ISBN-10: 0394175735 ISBN-13: 978-0394175737 Package Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
Vintage Hardcover Book- Very RARE Find! Great gift for CollectorsThis is a rare find indeed...Near mint condition, 1980 vintage hardcover book. First Edition/First Printing. Perfect binding, appears pages never turned. Pen inscription on first page (see photo 4), dust jacket has some minor wear. Book 99.9% perfect. Wonderful gift for collectors! We ship fast and safe worldwide everyday.Purchases of $35 and above qualify for FREE shipping! Buy more from our store and save $$$....SynopsisTranslated from French by Richard Miller:This extraordinary novel has a pig as the narrator, the "author," the hero. It is the story of beings who, from fattening to butchering, are absolutely destined to become hams. The hero of the novel regards life from a shark, philosophical viewpoint, with a detachment which focuses on the questions that have held the attention of the great thinkers throughout the centuries: Who are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going? This astonishes pig - our double, our brother - knows he is consigned to the slaughterhouse as surely as we know we are destined to death's Great Sleep. With a sense of humor that never fails, Raymond Cousse has made his pig decidedly human: he fights, he loves, he thinks; his pig says out loud what people say only to themselves."Here I am on the threshold of a great adventure. Afoot, on horseback, in refrigerator cars, or as canned goods, my future course is set. I shall soon be spread like good tidings over the entire globe. There are indications that my roasts and chops already hear the call of the open road. If I hadn't kept a firm hold on them, I think they would have attempted to sneak off before slaughter. But I am a law-abiding hog. So long as I control my merchandise, not one iota will be diverted from teh legal market. Only when I have participated in the confection of commonplace and communal rillettes and pates will I consider myself to have been totally dressed and - so to speak - redressed. Afterwards, of course, it's another story. But what will it matter then? I shall have lived."Paperback: 96 pages Publisher: Grove Press; 1st edition, First Printing (June 1, 1980) Language: English ISBN-10: 0394175735 ISBN-13: 978-0394175737 Package Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
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