Monsieur le vet : my life with animals in rural France
Balteau, Sylvain2016
Books, Manuscripts
Sylvain Balteau works as a village vet in the Pyrenees. Equally at home with a sick hamster as with a pregnant Charolais cow, he is permanently on call, immersed in the dramas of his patients and their owners. Since 2007 he has kept diary, revealing the hidden side of a vet's life and the richness of his surroundings. Through his work with the animals, Sylvain gains a privileged insight into the people who live with them and, in this profound and unsentimental book, he discovers that, in order to love animals, you can't help but love people as well.
Main title:
Monsieur le vet : my life with animals in rural France / Sylvain Balteau ; translated from the French by Barbara Mellor.
Author:
Balteau, Sylvain, authorMellor, Barbara, translator
Imprint:
London : Icon, 2016.London : Icon, 2016.
Collation:
230 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9781785780578 (pbk)
Dewey class:
636.089092
Local class:
636.089092 BAL
Language:
EnglishFrench
Added title:
BRN:
2276614