A novel about the backdrop of the past and the constant proximity of danger, about people without a sense of security and about life without any light at the end of the tunnel.

The year is 1996. An eight-year-old boy raised in Finland spends his summer vacation in Kosovo, where he experiences strange events that will mark him for life. In his grandfather's house in the middle of the Kosovan countryside, he witnesses things for which he has no words, for which there are no names. In a reality dictated by strict discipline, his only consolation is his vivid imagination and a cow in which the boy sees the glory and suffering of the whole world. As an adult, he returns with his mother to his native land, where everyday life is ruled by mistrust and fear of war. The boy has become a writer, but the legacy of violence draws him into increasingly destructive situations. But how to talk about something that is too painful even to remember? In an effort to find answers, he begins to write letters to his dead father. Words full of anger and hatred begin to form images, increasingly convincing evidence. The journey forces the writer to look beyond the truth and illusory ideas, into the darkness of fragmented memories and a sick mind. What can be forgiven? Can revenge lead to reconciliation? Is it possible to remember?

The Cow Gives Birth at Night is a captivating, wildly rushing novel about the backdrop of the past and the constant proximity of danger, about people without a sense of security and about life without any light at the end of the tunnel.