Foer, Jonathan Safran , 1977-

Eating animals / Jonathan Safran Foer - 1st ed - New York : Little, Brown and Company , 2009. - vii, 341 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-331) and index.

Storytelling -- All or nothing or something else -- Words/meaning -- Hiding/seeking -- Influence/speechlessness -- Slice of paradise/pieces of shit -- I do -- Storytelling.

Brilliantly synthesizing philosophy, literature, science, memoir and his own detective work, "Eating Animals" explores the many fictions we use to justify our eating habits--from folklore to pop culture to family traditions and national myth--and how such tales can lull us into a brutal forgetting.

9780316069908

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Vegetarianism

TX392 / .F58 2009

641.303 FOE