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A collection of unique, profound, and witty stories that relate animals’ peculiarities to human attitudes.

Animals is a collection of short stories in which each story takes a peculiar item about animals that appears, like fables, to shine a spotlight on different aspects of human behavior—like caterpillars digging their own graves, sharks in need of artificial respiration, ducks that keep an eye out for hungry predators even in their sleep. It is a treat to watch Eva Menasse spin these observations into scenes of people battling their everyday anxieties and doubts. An old tyrant realizes that he is unable to prevent his wife’s worsening dementia from erasing his own past as it erases hers. A mother who tries to protect a Muslim child from hostile accusations finds that her own boundaries between good and evil begin to blur. A woman realizes how starkly her father’s traumatic past has shaped her quirky habits and deepest fears. Combining biting wit, mystery, and melancholy, these tales are the work of a masterful storyteller.

Table of Contents
1.Butterfly, Bee, Crocodile
2.Caterpillars
3.Hedgehog
4.Sheep
5.Opossum
6.Sharks
7.Snakes
8.Ducks

Animals – Eight Studies for Experts

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      Publisher Seagull Books London Ltd
      Published 5 January 2024
      ISBN-13 9781803092621
      978-1803092621
      ISBN-10 1803092629
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      Anthologies & Short Stories

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A collection of unique, profound, and witty stories that relate animals’ peculiarities to human attitudes.

      Animals is a collection of short stories in which each story takes a peculiar item about animals that appears, like fables, to shine a spotlight on different aspects of human behavior—like caterpillars digging their own graves, sharks in need of artificial respiration, ducks that keep an eye out for hungry predators even in their sleep. It is a treat to watch Eva Menasse spin these observations into scenes of people battling their everyday anxieties and doubts. An old tyrant realizes that he is unable to prevent his wife’s worsening dementia from erasing his own past as it erases hers. A mother who tries to protect a Muslim child from hostile accusations finds that her own boundaries between good and evil begin to blur. A woman realizes how starkly her father’s traumatic past has shaped her quirky habits and deepest fears. Combining biting wit, mystery, and melancholy, these tales are the work of a masterful storyteller.

      Table of Contents
      1.Butterfly, Bee, Crocodile
      2.Caterpillars
      3.Hedgehog
      4.Sheep
      5.Opossum
      6.Sharks
      7.Snakes
      8.Ducks

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