Eating Animals

Eating Animals

by JonathanSafranFoer (Author)

Synopsis

From the bestselling author of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and Everything is Illuminated: Discover the mind-blowing, life-changing book which revolutionised the way we think about meat - coming soon as a major documentary film by Natalie Portman Eating Animals is the single most original book about food written this century. It will change the way you think and change the way you eat. For good. Whether you're doing veganuary, trying to cut back on animal consumption, or a lifelong meat-eater, you need to read this book. 'Universally compelling. Jonathan Safran Foer's book changed me' - Natalie Portman 'Moving, disturbing, should be compulsory reading. A genuine masterwork. Read this book. It will change you' Time Out 'If you eat meat and fish, you should read this book. Even if you don't, you should. It might bring the beginning of a change of heart about all living things' Joanna Lumley 'Gripping, breathtaking, original. A brilliant synthesis of argument, science and storytelling. One of the finest books ever written on the subject of eating animals' TLS 'Shocking, incandescent, brilliant' The Times 'Horrifying, eloquent, timely' Spectator

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 352
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 27 Jan 2011

ISBN 10: 014103193X
ISBN 13: 9780141031934
Book Overview: Jonathan Safran Foer's Eating Animals is the most original book on the subject of food written this century. It will change the way you think, and change the way you eat. For good.

Media Reviews
A spirited, emotional and well-researched investigation into what our taste for flesh really means Observer Deserves a place at the table with our greatest philosophers Los Angeles Times Shocking, incandescent, brilliant The Times Everyone who eats flesh should read this book -- Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall Extremely smart and incredibly curious Vanity Fair Gripping, horrible, wonderful, breathtaking, original. A brilliant synthesis of argument, science and storytelling. One of the finest books ever written on the subject of eating animals -- The Times Literary Supplement
Author Bio
Jonathan Safran Foer is the author of Everything Is Illuminated, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Eating Animals and Here I Am. He has also edited a new modern edition of the sacred Jewish Haggadah. Everything Is Illuminated won several literary prizes, including the National Jewish Book Award and the Guardian First Book Award. He edited the anthology A Convergence of Birds: Original Fiction and Poetry Inspired by the Work of Joseph Cornell, and his stories have been published in the Paris Review, Conjunctions and the New Yorker. Jonathan Safran Foer teaches Creative Writing at New York University.