Donald and his seven cows

A poetic tour-de-force. Reading it is like turning the pages of the land. Relevant and urgent: a literary gem which tells of the real and the true. It will not age. KAPKA KASSABOVAAngus Peter Campbell’s story is certainly a species of fiction, but the elements of history and folklore and cultural memory kept me interested to the end, and, increasingly, the strange atmosphere of the story put me under its spell. ANGUS MARTINThere is something beautifully hypnotic and melodic about Donald’s story, his humility and his unquestioning faith in a world where nothing is as it seems. CATHY MACDONALD, The Stornoway GazetteThis clever, beautiful and important book. ROGER HUTCHINSON, West Highland Free PressA marvel: an astounding piece of writing. DR IAN MacKINNON, Cultural Scholar, Isle of Skye.A modern classic. The Sunday PostA beyond-wonderful book. DR JOHN DEMPSTER, Inverness Courier.A wonderful novel. NICHOLAS COLLOFF, Director, Argidius Foundation, Geneva.An absolutely brilliant read, but also a very illuminating insight into the Gaelic psyche. ROB MACNEACAIL One of the most beautifully written books I’ve ever read, (and one of the two books I’ve ever read that I will re-read). MICHELLE, on Goodreads. Perhaps Donald Michael MacDonald invented the round mile, all 2,240 yards of it. Donald and his seven cows, walking the same steps each day through the past and the future, the fairy knoll and the poison pool, the eternal truths and the unknowable possibilities. Rarely does Donald venture beyond the round mile, for he has no need to: all of history can be found on his land. Yet the wind farms, the spaceport, and the American billionaire with his Big House all threaten the peace Donald has cultivated and guarded as fiercely as he protects his animals. He loses a part of himself – and most of his herd – before an unexpected old friend helps Donald and his seven cows to reclaim their path, even as their island is transformed by a new age.

• | Author: Angus Peter Campbell
• | Publisher: Luath Press Ltd
• | Publication Date: Aug 01, 2025
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781804252086
• | ISBN-10: 1804252085