GoatMan: How I Took a Holiday from Being Human
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From this, he builds a goat exoskeleton—artificial legs, helmet, chest protector, raincoat from his mum, and a prosthetic goat stomach to digest grass (with help from a pressure cooker and campfire)—before setting off across the Alps on four legs with a herd of his fellow creatures. Will he make it? Do Thwaites and his readers discover what it truly means to be human?
GoatMan tells all in Thwaites's inimitable style, which NPR extols as "a laugh-out- loud-funny but thoughtful guide through his own adventures."
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Thomas Thwaites. (2016). GoatMan: How I Took a Holiday from Being Human. Princeton Architectural Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Thomas Thwaites. 2016. GoatMan: How I Took a Holiday From Being Human. Princeton Architectural Press.
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MLA Citation (style guide)Thomas Thwaites. GoatMan: How I Took a Holiday From Being Human. Princeton Architectural Press, 2016.
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- The dazzling success of The Toaster Project, including TV appearances and an international book tour, leaves Thomas Thwaites in a slump. His friends increasingly behave like adults, while Thwaites still lives at home, "stuck in a big, dark hole." Luckily, a research grant offers the perfect out: a chance to take a holiday from the complications of being human—by transforming himself into a goat. What ensues is a hilarious and surreal journey through engineering, design, and psychology, as Thwaites interviews neuroscientists, animal behaviorists, prosthetists, goat sanctuary workers, and goatherds.
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What would it be like to be a goat?Thwaites (The Toaster Project, 2011) explains that his goal was to achieve a "profound shift in perspective" so that he might "look at a chair and [not] automatically associate it with sitting...[and ultimately be able to] look at a(nother) goat and think of it as another person like me." A 30-something freelance designer still living with his father, the author was at loose ends, still basking in the success of his earlier project building a toaster from scratch. Rather than worrying about his future, he tells us, he decided to explore taking "a holiday from being human" by seeing if he could be accepted by a herd of goats. To achieve this, he designed a goatlike exoskeleton that included prosthetic limbs that prevented him from using his hands. The necessity of checking out his environment without using his hands was one of the more interesting aspects of his major change of perspective. He also committed himself to eating grass, albeit cooked in a pressure cooker over a campfire. Thwaites visited a goat sanctuary in the U.K., where he was able to closely observe their behavior. After practicing on his prosthetic limbs, he felt ready for the last leg of his journey. Walking with his prosthetic limbs was, of course, difficult, but the author notes that adopting a four-legged gait was not an insurmountable challenge. At last, he took the final step; hosted by a Swiss farmer, he joined his herd of goats. They seemed to accept his presence as they grazed on a steep alpine trail, although at one point, they became agitated when he inadvertently challenged their hierarchy. Dozens of photos document his journey from man to goat. A quirkily entertaining exploration of what it means to be human and what it might be like to be a goat.COPYRIGHT(2016) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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