What I Don't Know About Animals
Author(s): DISKI JENNY
Natural History and Environment
What does Jenny Diski know about animals? She's really not sure. She remembers the animal books she read in her childhood; the cartoons she watched; the meals she ate; the strays she found; the animals who have lived and still live with her. She examines human beings, too, and the way in which we 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.
Product Information
* 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, out now in paperback.
The deep allure of Diski's writing is its combination of dry wit, rapier thinking, a disarmingly engaging conversational tone and moral clarity. Her book is a necessary read, sparkling, funny and warm. -- Ruth Padel Guardian 'What a tremendous book... As a species, Diski is genuinely a national treasure' -- Stephanie Cross The Lady 'A quirky, exhilarating expedition into the animal kingdom' -- Kathryn Hughes Mail on Sunday
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.
General Fields
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- : Little, Brown Book Group
- : Virago Press Ltd
- : 0.254
- : 31 July 2012
- : 224mm X 127mm X 21mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 October 2012
- : books
Special Fields
- : DISKI JENNY
- : BC
- : 1
- : 590.92
- : 320