![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Penguin Book of Australian Women Poets $25. Ceridwen Doveys Only the Animals is a collection of ten short stories, each of which ends with the death of an animal. Hampton, Susan & Llewellyn, Kate (Ed.). Exquisitely written, playful and poignant, Only the Animals is a remarkable literary achievement by the award-winning Ceridwen Dovey, one of our brightest.Dovey’s vivid tales show us that the same species that would slaughter a herd of elephants would also risk sniper fire to feed bears in the Sarajevo Zoo or remain behind with a pack of military mules entangled in barbed wire, only to perish alongside them.’ (New York Times, 20 September, 2015).Ĭondition: Very minor wear cover edges and slight tanning to top page edges, otherwise in very good condition. ![]() …In the end, the book succeeds not because it endows any animal with an authentic voice but because it provides a window onto the human animal’s struggle to balance entitlement and obligation. ‘Dovey takes the enormous risk of anthropomorphism, offering 10 stories filtered through the souls of animals linked somehow to writers or adventurers. Only the Animals belongs to the growing Australian movement in animal rights literature that includes Coetzee’s Elizabeth Costello and Eva Hornung’s Dog Boy. Hamish Hamilton (Penguin), South Melbourne, 2014. ![]()
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