Amiable, lucid, and concise, it argues that at least some animals dream in the way that people doa view most pet owners will second. In his piercing, elegant, widely celebrated style, he considers how private and public conversations about animals reflect older and deeper attitudes to our own and other species, and what questions we must ask to move these conversations forward, in what he calls 'the immense work of undoing'.įor readers interested in animal welfare, conservation, and the relationship between humans and other species, Animal Dreams will be an essential, richly rewarding companion. This book makes an excellent companion to An Immense World. Brooks examines how animals have featured in Australian and international literature and culture, from 'The Man from Snowy River' to Rainer Maria Rilke and The Turin Horse, to live-animal exports, veganism, and the culling of native and non-native species. Animal Dreams collects David Brooks' thought-provoking essays about how humans think, dream and write about other species.
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