- Taschenbuch: 322 Seiten
- Verlag: Random House Uk Ltd; Auflage: New edition (7. Januar 1999)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0099248522
- ISBN-13: 978-0099248521
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 19,6 x 12 x 2,8 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 3.3 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (64 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 907.586 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Meet Jane Goodall--though not the scientist who has so beautifully revealed that apes have as much capacity for love and tragedy as do their human relatives. Jane Goodall, the 30-year-old narrator of Laura Zigman's fresh and funny first novel, has a revelation of her own: that the human male has as much capacity for love and constancy as an animal with rather distant DNA--the bull. Her discovery is the result of a botched relationship with a fellow PBS executive, the charming but increasingly evasive Ray Brown. Ray doesn't so much leave Jane as slip away, leaving her in depressed confusion and him having it both ways. Jane's bitter but hilarious revelation eventually transforms her from a fast-talking talk-show booker with a giant Rolodex (and an endless fund of excuses for failing to reach Kevin Costner) by day into "Dr Marie Goodall, delusional fraudulent obsessive monkey scientist by night". In one of Animal Husbandry's many delightful (and clever) twists, the false Dr Goodall achieves a high profile and a New York Times rebuff once her article is published in Men's Times. Zigman has clearly spent some time researching human mating behaviour, which her heroine is forced to see as a dance of male deception and female hope. If one occasionally wonders whether Animal Husbandry has its origins in revenge, no matter. It's an artful, sparky one.
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Laura Zigman's literary skirmish in the ongoing battle of the sexes is based on a singularly unoriginal observation: the tendency of human males to love 'em and leave 'em, uh, apes the behavior of nearly every other male animal on Earth. If bulls refuse to mate with an "Old Cow," why should women be surprised when they're thrown over? The veracity of this (sexist? sure!) idea aside, Zigman tells the story of jilted Jane Goodall wittily and winningly. Any excess of feminine venom is offset by the suspicion that Zigman is speaking from painful experience. And if she's not, it's a testament to the effectiveness of Animal Husbandry that it's so easy to think so. Here's a taste:
In the metamorphosis from Cow to New Cow, the Current-Cow sob story is an important phase: "I know we just met, but did I happen to mention how sad, miserable, misunderstood, and lonely I've been my whole life?"Animal Husbandry is likely to be a good, cathartic read for anyone who's been dumped (and who hasn't?). Obviously, male readers will require a thick skin--or at least a sense of humor. But even the most sensitive males will recognize the grain of truth that creates this pearl of break-up literature. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
This is crucial to introducing the myth of male shyness and the poor-guy persona--common disguises for a wolf in sheep's clothing. "You're so easy to talk to, not like my Current Cow."
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Because I really liked the author's second book, Dating Big Bird, I decided to check out this one. I was quite disappointed. In contrast to Dating Big Bird, Animal Husbandry has less interesting, more one-dimensional characters, clunky dialogue, and a rather silly premise. I mean, I've been dumped too, and it was terrible, but the author provides us with so much information as to why it would have been a bad relationship anyway that you feel like shaking the main character and saying, "You should be GLAD you didn't end up with this loser!" I found it hard to sympathize much with the main character.
The writing was so-so; the dialogue had a few funny spots, but overall, I felt like I was reading one of those too-short essays that my students try to stretch out with lots of white space and large block quotations. It is not necessary to have a new title page for every 3-page long "chapterlet."
However, as I mentioned before, even if you were disappointed by this book, you may enjoy Dating Big Bird. I think the author's style has really improved with time.
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One of those books you can read fast on a plane trip, skipping a page here and there, and not miss anything important. Equating human male sexual behavior to animal behavior is not a new idea and other writers have done it far better. Author has shaped her narrative through this gimmick and that's all the book has going for it, which isn't much. Can't believe it was a best seller (then again, I willingly plunked down my dollars like everyone else, so there you go.
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One of those books you can read fast on a plane trip, skipping a page here and there, and not miss anything important. Equating human male sexual behavior to animal behavior is not a new idea and other writers have done it far better. Author has shaped her narrative through this gimmick and that's all the book has going for it, which isn't much. Can't believe it was a best seller (then again, I willingly plunked down my dollars like everyone else, so there you go.)
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A fun way to spend a few hours
Finally! My theory that there is a three-month turning point in a relationship is echoed! I had 3 relationships where I was dumped after 3 months, for no obvious reason, and I... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 28. April 2000 veröffentlicht
Save your time, money and patience
The last time I read a book this exciting it was my high school algebra text. Too bad the professor who wrote it didn't have Ms. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 29. Februar 2000 veröffentlicht
you'll forget about it 5 minutes after you finish it
"Animal Husbandry" reminds me of a box of chocolates! A friend brings them as a gift, you store them somewhere in the kitchen, supposedly because you'll just eat one at a... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 20. Februar 2000 von Maria from London
Chicken Soup for the Dumped's Soul
Zigman takes the melodrama out of the post relationship scene and depicts it well as a painful recovery process. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 2. Februar 2000 veröffentlicht
Amazingly articulate
After three years of old-cow status, reading Zigler's book was like talking to an old, good, about what possibly was the most traumatic breakup of my life. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 12. Januar 2000 von Carolyn Brown
I applaud the effort
It reminded me of an essay and was way too repetitive.
It made me uncomfortable how willing she was to wallow in her misery when the guy obviously wasn't worth it. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 11. Januar 2000 veröffentlicht
zzzzzzzzzzz
After reading the "Brigid Jones' Diary" I found myself browsing in the New Fiction section of my local bookstore for something similar. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 28. Dezember 1999 von dorothea emery
Laughing through a broken heart
I found this book as I was wandering through a bookstore in a post break-up zombie fashion. As soon as I read the cover I knew my search for something to help heal my broken heart... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 7. Dezember 1999 von T. Murphy
disappointing
from the phrase "old cow-new cow" the reader can infer all that will be said on the subject by the author. these are not exactly new concepts. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 15. November 1999 veröffentlicht
Riotous
I laughed out loud at many points, as well as feeling some of the blows dealt the heroine of this wonderful novel. It is dead funny and dry. Read with gin.
Veröffentlicht am 3. November 1999 von darkgds101@aol.com
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