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Synopsis
A book for those who are entranced by animals, those who cherish elegant writing, and those who delight in the meditations of an original thinker
What does novelist, essayist, and memoirist Jenny Diski know about animals? She wasn't really sure as she began to write this book, and she may not be sure now. But of this she is certain: our relationships with, and attitudes toward, animals are really worth thinking about. In What I Don't Know About Animals, she shows why.
Diski sets out on her wide-ranging investigation by remembering the stuffed cuddly creatures from her childhood, the animal books she read, the cartoons she watched, the strays she found. She considers the animals who have lived and still live with her (most especially Bunty the cat), animals she has encountered close up, and those she has feared. She examines human beings, too, and how they have looked at, studied, treated, and written about the non-human creatures of our shared planet. Ranging still further, the author interviews scientists, discusses Derrida and his cat, and observes elephants in Kenya, always seeking the key to the complex relationship we in the modern West have with animals.
Subtle, intelligent, and always engaging, this book is a brilliant exploration of what it means to be human and what it means to be animal, and the uncertainty of what we can know about either.
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About the Author
Jenny Diski contributes regularly to the London Review of Books and many other papers and journals in the United Kingdom, the United States, and elsewhere. She lives in Cambridge, UK.
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"[A] love story and homage to the integrity and the otherness of our fellow animals . . . tender [and] engaging."--Frederic Tuten, "Bomb Magazine"--Frederic Tuten "Bomb Magazine "
""What I Don't Know About Animals "will make any pet owner, zoogoer or meat-eater wonder whether we really know anything about the other species we interact with on a daily basis. A mix of memoir, social commentary and exploration of anthropomorphism, Jenny Diski's book raises all the right questions."--Becky Krystal, "Washington Post"--Becky Krystal "Washington Post "
"This book will really make you think about the complexity of issues regarding the use of animals."--Temple Grandin, author of "Animals Make us Human"--Temple Grandin (03/29/2011)
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- PublisherYale University Press
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 030018803X
- ISBN 13 9780300188035
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages320
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