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Bezig met laden... Animals: A Novel (editie 2010)door Don Lepan (Auteur)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Interesting story but the author struggles to fit his world building naturally into the narrative. ( ) It was okay. The story was good, but there was also a "narrative" in between the story, trying to give "historical" backfill on futuristic "what-if" fiction. It definitely is written in the fashion to discourage anyone from being a carnivore, and pushes veganism, so much so by using the thought of "sub-humans" as the new meat since all animals have gone extinct due to factory farming. It certainly is a PETA loving book. I didn't hate it, but I definitely felt a lot of liberalism in it..... Animals is a dystopian novel set in the not-too-distant future where pollution has caused the rate of birth defects to rise. After the extinction of most of the domesticated animals common today (cows, cats, &c), society turns to cannibalizing the handicapped, considered to be "subhuman". Clearly the subject is disturbing, what is more unsettling is the parallel that LePan draws between this future and the current exploitation of non-human animals for food and companionship. The comparison is a little heavy-handed at times, but is still effective. Where things seem to unravel a bit for me is at the end when LePan breaks the narrative and makes an indictment against factory farming, but says that free-range meat, eggs and dairy are (more) acceptable. This in completely incongruous with the implications the novel makes. Would it be okay to cannibalize a mentally impaired child if he/she was raised kindly? I think not. However if you're interested I would still give Animals a read. It is well written and has an interesting narrative form. The story is devastating and original, and definitely one that is important for our time. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
It is more than 100 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. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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