Fowl Eulogies Le Chant Du Poulet Sous Vide Lucie Rico by Lucie Rico 9781642861327, 1642861324 instant download after payment.

First published as Le Chant du poulet sous vide in France in 2020 by Éditions P.O.L, Paris

Fowl Eulogies is an absurd fairy tale for the ethical carnivore, fiction of perfect madness, of brutal & unprecedented humor. From the meadow to the supermarket, this dazzling first novel of mischief & feathers, brings to life the singular poetry of the industrial chicken.

"In this first novel from French author Rico, a woman's life & desires swerve wildly after she inherits her mother's chicken farm. A quirky, moving novel propelled by love, grief, & violence." ―Kirkus Reviews

Upon her mother's death, Paule Rojas, a vegetarian city-dweller, returns to the chicken farm where she grew up. Pressured to fulfil her mother's last request, Paule rediscovers pleasure & meaning in running the old family business. Yet, eager to bring something of herself to a family tradition, Paule embarks on increasingly intricate ways of helping the chickens to self-actualize before their deaths. She records the chickens' life stories, adding them to the labels that decorate the vacuum-packed meat sent off to market—an individual biography for every chicken. But not all runs smooth in her childhood village; Paule finds she has few friends & many enemies. She is forced to spread her wings, relocate her livestock, & oversee the construction of an urban farm of never-before-seen practices & proportions.

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Lucie Rico is an author, screenwriter, & director hailing from Perpignan in the South of France, & currently based in Paris. She worked for several years in publishing & online media before devoting herself to writing for the page & the screen. She has directed various series & short films & written feature films. In addition, she is an associate professor in creative writing at the University of Clermont Auvergne. Fowl Eulogies, awarded both the Ecology Prize & the Cheval Blanc Literary Award, is her first novel.