Description
SHEPHERDS AND FLOCKS
Book summary
An intimate and collective portrait of the shepherd's trade through 17 sincere conversations with shepherds of yesterday and today. The work offers a close look at the experiences, reflections, and knowledge of a solitary and ancestral profession, revealing the deep understanding of the landscape, nature, and livestock care that has been passed down for generations.
What is it about?
The book collects 17 encounters with shepherds in a relaxed conversation format. Each chapter is an open window into the personal experiences, daily difficulties, and reflections of people who have dedicated their lives to a trade marked by solitude and connection with the natural environment. Through these authentic voices, ancestral knowledge about the landscape, livestock farming, traditional remedies for animals, and the way to listen to and understand life in the countryside is laid out. The work is not a technical treatise, but a living testimony that values a profession in danger of extinction and the wisdom that accompanies it.
Main themes
- The shepherd's trade: reality, solitude, and vocation.
- Transmission of ancestral knowledge about nature and livestock.
- Relationship between human beings, the landscape, and livestock farming.
- Rural life and oral memory of a world in transformation.
- Reflections on time, listening, and simple living.
Who is it recommended for?
For readers interested in ethnography, rural anthropology, and livestock farming, as well as for those looking for authentic human stories and reflections on life in the countryside. It is also recommended for people who want to learn firsthand about the wisdom and experiences of a solitary profession that is essential to our cultural and natural heritage.
What this book contributes
- A direct and human testimony from 17 real shepherds.
- Deep knowledge about the practices and wisdom of the livestock world.
- A reflection on solitude, time, and connection with nature.
- The preservation of the oral memory of an ancestral trade.
- An authentic and unfiltered vision of contemporary rural life.
Technical specifications
- Author: BAYER, XAVIER; PUIG, PEP
- Publisher: COSSETANIA
- Language: cat
- Subject: SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, ETHNOGRAPHY, LIVESTOCK FARMING
- Collection: LA MANDRAGORA
- Binding: Paperback
- Publication date: February 2025
- Number of pages: 240
- Weight: 370 g
Editorial review
A book that combines ethnographic interest with literary sensitivity, offering a close and respectful look at a profession that is often invisible. Its conversational structure makes it accessible and human, ideal for those seeking a reflective read connected to the territory. Recommended for readers interested in oral memory, rural anthropology, and life in the countryside.