What I Don't Know About Animals

What I Don't Know About Animals

by JennyDiski (Author)

Synopsis

What does Jenny Diski know about animals? She's really not sure. There is, however, one thing of which she is certain: our relationships with and attitudes to animals are really worth thinking about. In What I Don't Know About Animals, she shows why. She sets out to investigate what she does and doesn't know about animals. She remembers the stuffed cuddly creatures from her childhood; the animal books she read; the cartoons she watched; the strays she found; the animals who have lived and still live with her; the animals she has observed close up, and those she has feared. She examines human beings, too, and the way in which they have looked at, studied, treated and written about the non-human creatures with whom we share the planet. Subtle, intelligent and brilliantly observed, What I Don't Know About Animals is an engaging look at what it means to be human - and what it means to be animal.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
Published: 04 Nov 2010

ISBN 10: 184408387X
ISBN 13: 9781844083879
Book Overview: * From the award-winning writer, following her memoirs, Skating to Antarctica, Stranger on a Train, On Trying to Keep Still - a unique book about animal watching

Media Reviews
[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)
Author Bio
Jenny Diski is the author of ten novels including Only Human and two memoirs: Skating to Antarctica and Stranger on a Train. She lives in Cambridge.