It is more than one hundred years in the future and the horrors of
factory farming, combined with the widespread abuse of antibiotics,
have led to mass extinctions. The majority of all mammals, birds,
and fish that humans have eaten for millennia no longer exist. Add
to that an ever-widening gap between rich and poor and an overtaxed
healthcare system. Those not fully capable--the handicapped, those
with birth defects and congenital illness--are deemed undeserving
of an equal share of scarce medical resources and are ultimately
classified as less than human. As paranoia about our food supplies
spreads, a forceful new logic takes hold; in the blink of a
millennial eye the disenfranchised have become our food. Don
LePan's powerful and compelling novel shows us a world at once
eerily foreign and disturbingly familiar. It follows the
Stinsons--Carrie, Zayne, and their daughter Naomi--and the dramatic
events that unfold within their family after they take in an
abandoned mongrel boy. In the sharp-edged poignancy of the ethical
questions it poses, in the striking narrative techniques it
employs, and above all in the remarkable power of the story it
tells, Animals proves itself a transformative work of fiction.
General
Imprint: |
Soft Skull Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
June 2010 |
First published: |
May 2010 |
Authors: |
Don LePan
|
Dimensions: |
209 x 139 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
160 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-59376-277-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
LSN: |
1-59376-277-1 |
Barcode: |
9781593762773 |
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