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David Duchovny, Holy Cow

Wenn ich mein Buch des Tages nicht vergessen hätte und in einen Buchladen bei der Suche nach Ersatz nicht auf dieses Unikum gestossen wäre, wüsste ich bis heute nicht, dass David Duchovny - ja, der von Akte X - auch Bücher schreibt. Zumindest dieses Buch. Eins, das sich schwer einordnen lässt - zu sarkastisch, abgedreht, versponnen, unbekümmert, witzig und todernst um ganz als entweder Kinderbuch oder Fantasy durchzugehen. Also genau richtig für mich. Allein die Wortspiele sind den Preis wert. Und die Tatsache, dass es unter Garantie niemals verfilmt werden wird.

Most people think cows can't think. Hello. Let me rephrase that, most people cows can't think, and have no feelings. Hello, again. I'm a cow, my name is Elsie, yes, I know. And that's no bull. See? We can think, feel, and joke, most of us anyway. My great-aunt Elsie, who I'm named after, has no sense of humor. At all. I mean zero. She doesn't even like jokes with humans in them doing stupid things. Like that one that goes -- two humans walk into a barn ...

A note from the Cow-writer

It has been brought to my attention that certain aspects of Elsie's story are inplausible: that our heroes could actually pass for humans as they make their way around the world; that Shalom could actually find a mohel willing to work his magic on a pig; that Elsie could be a milk cow before giving birth; and, maybe most suspect of all, that all three of their interconti-nental flights abroad left on time. I know Elsie; perhaps she is given to embellishment like any good storyteller, perhaps to outright lies like any great storyteller. I was taught in school to "trust the tale, not the teller", and I would ask you, dear reader, to extend this generosity to our friends in the animal kingdom.
Trust the tail, not the teller.

(Aus: Holy Cow, David Duchovny, 2015)