Animalize

Jag missade tyvärr min favoritförfattare, den vassa Jenny Diski när jag var i London i september. Själv verkar hon inte helt nöjd vare sig med sin insats på Foyles eller det politiska läget just nu.

Ser istället fram emot att läsa hennes nya bok som kom ut igår, What I Don't Know About Animals.

Förlaget beskriver boken så här:
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 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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Den som inte hinner, orkar eller av andra skäl vill ta sig an en hel bok kan läsa Jenny Diskis dagbok och sporadiska blogginlägg hos London Review Of Books. För den som inte läst hennes årsgamla text om våldtäkt rekommenderas den.