Sam Eisenstein; Cosmic Cow

Series No.: EL-E-PHANT 56

ISBN: 978-1-931243-45-2, Pages: 516

American Literature, Fiction

On the surface, Cosmic Cow is the story of Sam and his journey taken under the directions of his then 15-year-old wife, Judy. The journey to Tierra del Fuego and New York ends, ultimately, in San Francisco, where Judy is committed to a mental institution. On this level, Sam follows a standard quest, thwarted by his lover’s madness. But his “real” journey—a maze of internal perceptions with surrogates of himself and Judy at every turn—is an exploration of how we are sometimes animated by the identities of others.

Sam Eisenstein (1932–2023) also wrote The Inner Garden, Price of Admission, Rectification of Eros, and Merciless Beauty.