The Silence of Animals

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John Gray draws on an extraordinary array of memoirs, poems, fiction and philosophy to make us re-imagine our place in the world. ‘The Silence of Animals’ is filled with unforgettable images and a delight in the conundrum of our existence – an existence which we decorate with countless myths and ideas, where we twist and turn to avoid acknowledging that we too are animals, separated from the others perhaps only by our self-conceit.

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SKU: 9780241953914 Category: Tag: Publisher/imprint : Penguin Books
Page count : 224
Published on 27th February, 2014

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The powerful, beautiful and chilling sequel to the bestselling Straw Dogs

‘By nature volatile and discordant, the human animal looks to silence for relief from being itself while other creatures enjoy silence as their birthright’

Why do humans seek meaning to life? How do our imaginations leap into worlds so far beyond our actual reality? In this chilling and beautiful sequel to Straw Dogs, John Gray explores how we decorate our existence with countless fictions, twisting and turning to avoid acknowledging that we too are animals. Drawing on an extraordinary array of writers who are mesmerized by extremity, from Ballard to Conrad, Gray makes us re-imagine our place in the world.

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Weight 0.179 kg
Dimensions 19.8 × 12.9 × 1.4 cm
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