Uta Ruge: The cows, my nephew and me
After "Bauern. Land", Uta Ruge presents a second book about life in the country: "The cows, my nephew and I" is again a journey into one's own childhood, a reflection on life with very large and sometimes threatening animals , a look at the existence of farmers today, which is threatened in many ways, from the industrialization of agriculture to sometimes unrealistic political norms. But it also tells about the animals in ancient times. And about the sacred cows. We are pre-printing two chapters: "Home is where the animals are" and "What happens to sacred cows." About the book : Uta Ruge talks about the daily interaction with the cows, about feeding, milking, inseminations and births. She talks about the closeness that comes with the work and how, at the same time, you learn the necessary distance from the animals. She has researched the history of the relationships between humans and these large animals, as reflected in cave paintings, arti