Bernardo Atxaga Quotes

“One dark and stormy night, Mo hears her Inner Voice urging her to begin writing her memoirs.

“Mo looks back on her long life: her unceremonious birth, dismay at the realization that she’s a cow.”

“she’s a cow, humans she befriended or fought, a tumultuous friendship with a fellow cow called La Vache qui Rit, and her dotage with a plucky French nun.”

“Mo’s narration is monopolized by philosophical conversations with The Pest, Mo’s inner voice, an all-knowing, formally prissy conscience. ”

“Serenity, danger, and cruelty are all present in Mo’s account. The preface provides brief historical context about the Spanish Civil War and the anti-fascist Basque rebels who fought against Franco’s dictatorship after the war.”

“Franco’s imposed dictatorship firmly in place there were still groups of defeated Republican resistance fighters living in the mountains who were being hunted down by the brutal Nationalists.”

“Narrative where Mo launches into her sagacious monologues or her cow-related sayings such as: – ‘Better a Cow alone than a cow in bad company’.”

“‘If you want to know how it all turns out, open the book at the end, not the start’ and ‘the cow who thinks a lot sleeps a lot’ – as well as the interspersed stories told to her by her friend the nun Pauline Bernadette.”

″ Memoirs of a Basque Cow has depth and many layers which probably lends itself to being more suitable for 11+ upwards including adults who will get much from the book too.”

″ Mo’s narration is monopolized by philosophical conversations with The Pest, Mo’s inner voice.”