GoatMan: How I Took a Holiday from Being Human

GoatMan: How I Took a Holiday from Being Human
Author Thomas Thwaites
Publisher Princeton Architectural Press
Publication date
 17 May 2016
ISBN 978-1616894054

GoatMan: How I Took a Holiday from Being Human is a 2016 book by Thomas Thwaites. It was published by Princeton Architectural Press ( ISBN 978-1616894054). It describes a project in which the author attempted to live as a goat in the Swiss mountains for several days, with prosthetic limbs and an artificial stomach.[1][2]

The book includes photographs of the author dressed as a goat at various locations.[3]

Reception

New Statesman called it an "original, engaging and rather quirky book."[4]

Kirkus Reviews called it "A quirkily entertaining exploration of what it means to be human and what it might be like to be a goat."[5]

References

  1. ↑ Barkham, Patrick (15 May 2016). "No kidding: what I learned from becoming GoatMan". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  2. ↑ Graham, Chris (14 March 2018). "No kidding: Why Thomas Thwaites lived as a goat in Switzerland". The Telegraph. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  3. ↑ Romei, Stephen (2 April 2016). "A Pair of Ragged Claws: GoatMan Thomas Thwaites's animal instincts". The Australian. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "The Dolittle delusion: what motivates human beings to live like animals?". www.newstatesman.com.
  5. ↑ GOATMAN by Thomas Thwaites | Kirkus Reviews.


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