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Animal's People
by Indra Sinha"I used to be human once. So I'm told. I don't remember it myself, but people who knew me when I was small say I walked on two feet, just like a human being..." Ever since he can remember, Animal has gone on all fours, his back twisted beyond repair by the catastrophic events of "that night" when a burning fog of poison smoke from the local factory blazed out over the town of Khaufpur, and the Apocalypse visited his slums. Now just turned seventeen and well schooled in street work, he lives by his wits, spending his days jamisponding (spying) on town officials and looking after the elderly nun who raised him, Ma Franci. His nights are spent fantasizing about Nisha, the girlfriend of the local resistance leader, and wondering what it must be like to get laid. When Elli Barber, a young American doctor, arrives in Khaufpur to open a free clinic for the still suffering townsfolk -- only to find herself struggling to convince them that she isn't there to do the dirty work of the Kampani -- Animal gets caught up in a web of intrigues, scams, and plots with the unabashed aim of turning events to his own advantage. Profane, piercingly honest, and scathingly funny, Animal's People illuminates a dark world shot through with flashes of joy and lunacy. A stunning tale of an unforgettable character, it is an unflinching look at what it means to be human: the wounds that never heal and a spirit that will not be quenched.
Animal's People
by Indra SinhaEver since he can remember, Animal has gone on all fours, the catastrophic result of what happened on That Night when, thanks to an American chemical company, the Apocalypse visited his slum. Now not quite twenty, he leads a hand-to-mouth existence with his dog Jara and a crazy old nun called Ma Franci, and spends his nights fantasising about Nisha, the daughter of a local musician, and wondering what it must be like to get laid. When a young American doctor, Elli Barber, comes to town to open a free clinic for the still suffering townsfolk - only to find herself struggling to convince them that she isn't there to do the dirty work of the 'Kampani' - Animal plunges into a web of intrigues, scams and plots with the unabashed aim of turning events to his own advantage. Compellingly honest, entertaining and entirely without self-pity, Animal's account lights our way into his dark world with flashes of pure joy - from the very first page all the way to the story's explosive ending. ANIMAL'S PEOPLE is a stunningly humane work of storytelling that takes us right to the heart of contemporary India.
Animal, Vegetal, Marginal: The German Literary Grotesque from Panizza to Kafka (German Jewish Cultures)
by Joela JacobsBetween the Kaiser's and Hitler's Reichs, the genre of die Groteske, or the German literary grotesque, sold out cabarets, drew droves of radio listeners, and created bestsellers with its irreverent comedy and critique. At the same time, its authors were ruthlessly censored for their satire of society, leaving die Groteske virtually unknown today.As the first full-length study of the genre, Animal, Vegetal, Marginal recovers this short prose form, which draws on the perspectives of marginalized animals, plants, and individuals to challenge what it means to be human. Author Joela Jacobs traces the development of the genre and its variations from the work of Oskar Panizza, Hanns Heinz Ewers, and Salomo Friedlaender to Franz Kafka.Animal, Vegetal, Marginal shows how marginalized and nonhuman voices mounted resistance against the rise of the biopolitical structures underpinning nationalism, racism, and antisemitism in the decades leading up to the Second World War.
Animal: A Novel
by Lisa TaddeoFrom Lisa Taddeo, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller and global phenomenon Three Women, comes an &“intoxicating&” (Entertainment Weekly), &“fearless&” (Los Angeles Times), and &“explosive&” (People) novel about &“what happens when women are pushed beyond the brink, and what comes after the reckoning&” (Esquire).Joan has spent a lifetime enduring the cruelties of men. But when one of them commits a shocking act of violence in front of her, she flees New York City in search of Alice, the only person alive who can help her make sense of her past. In the sweltering hills above Los Angeles, Joan unravels the horrific event she witnessed as a child—that has haunted her every waking moment—while forging the power to finally strike back. Animal is a depiction of female rage at its rawest, and a visceral exploration of the fallout from a male-dominated society.
Animal: Notes from a Labyrinth
by Alan FishboneA radically uninhibited book that delves deeply into the muck and glory of life, confronting the enduring perplexities of love, art, and the human bondage to pleasure. At times exuberant and at other times dark and haunting, Fishbone&’s stories explore the twilight zone of New York&’s seedy bars and cocaine dens, reveal the troubled soul of a German expressionist painter, describe a latter-day &“hunger artist&” exorcising his own demons, confront the tangled lives of sex workers at the margins of society, and link our contemporary political, social, and personal fixations with the desires, anxieties, and hang-ups of Romans like Catullus and Horace. A work both outrageous and wise, Animal relentlessly probes the human condition in all its wretched and enthralling complexity.
Animal: Revelations (The\animal Ser. #1)
by K'Wan FoyeOne bullet changed everything. Three years after narrowly escaping a one way trip to the gas chamber, the fugitive known only as Animal finds himself drawn back to the scene of the crime, Harlem, NY. Throughout his entire time in exile the only thing that kept Animal going was the thought that he would one day be reunited with his soul mate, Gucci. But one bullet changed everything. When his enemies tried to murder Gucci they crossed the line, so he vowed to cross them all. While Gucci teeters between life and death Animal sets out on a bloody mission fueled by love and orchestrated by bullets...there would be no more innocents. Alliances are formed and secrets uncovered while Animal wages his personal war on the streets of Harlem only to discover one great truth....he is but a small piece in a much greater puzzle.he streets of Harlem with the end result revealing one great truth...he is only a small piece in a much greater puzzle.
Animales a bordo: Animals on Board (Spanish Edition) (MathStart 2)
by Stuart J. Murphy“Kids, young and old, fall in love with math when they see how real-life and effortless it becomes thanks to these books.” —Kimberly D. Mueller, Ed.D., First Grade Teacher, Ashbrook School, Lumberton NJThis high-quality Spanish-language book can be enjoyed by fluent Spanish speakers as well as those learning the language, whether at home or in a classroom.Sáobete al camián de Jill y su perro y suma junto con ellos los animales que ven pasar en el camino. Estos animales son muy especiales y van a un lugar que te sorprendera.The MathStart series has sold over 1.5 million copies and combines math with fun stories that have real-life applications. In Animales a bordo, a Level Two MathStart, simple addition equations help children to understand basic arithmetical operations.Math skills are life skills, and the MathStart series supports success!This award-winning series by Stuart J. Murphy teaches math through stories and visual models63 books divided into three levels with 21 books in eachFun activities kids will love are included to help parents and teachers emphasize the lessonsEngaging and relatable stories, with each story revolving around practical applications of the math concept presentedLively art from top-notch illustratorsCharts and other visual representations help children understand how the math works and promote deeper comprehensionMathStart's unique combination of stories, illustrations, and visual models helps teachers and parents in the teaching of math and provides all children with the opportunity to succeed.The math concepts taught in MathStart books conform to state and national standards. Level 1 is Pre-K–Kindergarten; Level 2 is Grades 1–3; Level 3 is Grades 2–4. The series follows math topics across grades so there is a foundational path to learning that runs through the levels.Help kids with their math skills plus their reading skills with the engaging and fun MathStart series!
Animales domésticos
by Antonio García ÁngelUn ágil, divertido y en ocasiones amargo libro de relatos, con el que Antonio García se ganó un lugar destacado en la literatura colombiana contemporánea. En los siete relatos que componen este libro se asoma una aguda consideración sobre la existencia humana: el amor, la cobardía, la familia, la rutina, temas que el autor aborda con un estilo ágil y directo y con grandes cuotas de humor. Un profesor tontamente encaprichado con su alumna; dos amantes cuya relación se desmorona cuando empiezan a contar las veces que han hecho el amor; un hombre insignificante que conoce a dos lisérgicas diosas; un pobre diablo vestido de Papá Noel a quien la casualidad le regala la reivindicación perfecta; una niña testigo de los proverbiales errores de sus parientes; son algunos de los relatos que hallaremos en este libro. La crítica ha dicho: #Es posible ver cuál es el secreta unidad y el valor de estos relatos diversos: el tono del narrador. Fresco, agudo, ágil, sin miedo a perturbar con su oralidad la rigidez del discurso literario. Una voz entrañable#que recuerda al mejor Bryce Echenique#, capaz de capturar en detalles precisos la sensibilidad de una generación#. Luis Fernando Afanador #No recomendar estos cuentos sería una injusticia, porque están muy bien escritos. Y si los relatos son buenos, la nouvelle que le da nombre al volumen la considero sin reservas una obra maestra#. Camilo Jiménez
Animales luminosos
by Jeremías GamboaUna novela íntima donde se abordan los temas fundamentales de nuestro tiempo, como la migración y el choque cultural. Un estudiante llega a una universidad de Colorado, en los Estados Unidos, en busca del sueño americano en su versión académica. La promesa del campus como un santuario en cuyas fronteras se han resuelto los problemas de Occidente —origen, raza, clase— sucumbe ante la realidad nocturna: los alumnos deambulan por los extramuros de la ciudad, a la caza de todo aquello que el día les niega: luz, compañía, ternura, certezas. La mirada del protagonista explora las historias que se enhebran durante una noche interminable: la obsesión por Sudamérica como destino romántico, sexual y político; los amores paralelos y tóxicos; la necesidad de borrar las señas de identidad para crear otras nuevas; la literatura como resguardo; el futuro en la forma de una oscuridad apenas iluminada por algunas estrellas lejanas y ajenas. Animales luminosos es una novela íntima donde se abordan los temas fundamentales de nuestro tiempo, como la migración y el choque cultural. Pero también los pequeños grandes dramas de un grupo de amigos que viven sus dudas con una profunda vitalidad, una en la que el amor se torna refugio y quizá, también, respuesta. La crítica ha dicho:«Un escritor perfectamente dueño de sus medios expresivos, que sabe concentrarse en lo esencial, que es siempre contar una historia bien contada.»Mario Vargas Llosa «Olvídense del malditismo, a Jeremías Gamboa le interesa la literatura que ofrece una luz al final del túnel.»Amelia Castilla, Babelia
Animales peculiares
by RAYMOND BRIGGSDos mágicos cuentos protagonizados por animales muy peculiares. En Animales peculiares hallamos dos de los relatos más curiosos del libro Cuentos extraños para niños peculiares de Ransom Riggs, autor de la conocida novela El hogar de Miss Peregrine para niños peculiares. El primer cuento, Las palomas de la catedral, presenta uno de los momentos más importantes de la Historia Peculiar: la guerra de las palomas contra la construcción de la catedral de San Pablo. El segundo, La langosta, es la historia de un niño con un corazón demasiado grande que tendrá que enfrentarse a su padre para defender la vida de las langostas.
Animalheads
by Son M.Animalheads by Son M. and Sam Curtis is a slam-dunk of an action thriller graphic novel! Brought to print for the first time by Dark Horse in collaboration with Tapas, the revolutionary digital comics platform.When four best friends enter adulthood with no job prospects and the insatiable pressures of family hanging over them, they get creative—the more dangerous the gig, the richer the reward.What starts off as a part-time venture scaring people quickly spirals out of control, pulling them headfirst into a waking nightmare when they unknowingly cross a violent crime syndicate. Now, their survival is on a knife&’s edge as they become the newest outfit in the criminal underworld.
Animalia Americana: Animal Representations and Biopolitical Subjectivity (Critical Perspectives on Animals: Theory, Culture, Science, and Law)
by Colleen BoggsColleen Glenney Boggs puts animal representation at the center of the making of the liberal American subject. Concentrating on the formative and disruptive presence of animals in the writings of Frederick Douglass, Edgar Allan Poe, and Emily Dickinson, Boggs argues that animals are critical to the ways in which Americans enact their humanity and regulate subjects in the biopolitical state. <P><P>Biopower, or a politics that extends its reach to life, thrives on the strategic ambivalence between who is considered human and what is judged as animal. It generates a space of indeterminacy in which animal representations intervene to define and challenge the parameters of subjectivity. The renegotiation of the species line produces a tension that is never fully regulated. Therefore, as both figures of radical alterity and the embodiment of biopolitics, animals are simultaneously exceptional and exemplary to the biopolitical state. An original contribution to animal studies, American studies, critical race theory, and posthumanist inquiry, Boggs thrillingly reinterprets a long and highly contentious human-animal history.
Animalia: A Novel
by Jean-Baptiste Del AmoThis “lyrically descriptive [novel] traces the terrible evolution of rural ways of life into cruelty and abuse via the history of one unhappy family.” —Kirkus Reviews1898: In the small French village of Puy-Larroque, Éléonore is a child living with her father, a pig farmer whose terminal illness leaves him unable to work, and her God-fearing mother, who runs both farm and family with an iron hand. Éléonore passes her childhood with little heat and no running water, sharing a small room with her cousin Marcel, who does most of the physical labor on the farm. When World War I breaks out and the village empties, Éléonore gets a taste of the changes that will transform her world as the twentieth century rolls on. In the second part of the novel, which takes place in the 1980s, the untamed world of Puy-Larroque seems gone forever. Éléonore has aged into the role of matriarch, and the family is running a large industrial pig farm, where thousands of pigs churn daily through cycles of birth, growth, and death. Moments of sublime beauty and powerful emotion mix with the thoughtless brutality waged against animals that makes the old horrors of death and disease seem like simpler times.A dramatic and chilling tale of man and beast that recalls the naturalism of writers like Émile Zola, Animalia traverses the twentieth century as it examines man’s quest to conquer nature, critiques the legacy of modernity and the transmission of violence from one generation to the next, and questions whether we can hold out hope for redemption in this brutal world.From a Goncourt Prize winner, this “lyrical novel depicting a century on a French family farm emphasizes the earthy and the cruel [and] provocatively dissects our conflicted relationship with the rest of the living world”(Booklist).“[Animalia] invites readers to connect the tangled web of violence, against people and animals?and face the brutality in which all of us are complicit.” —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Animalia: Cuentos de Julio Cortázar / Selección de Aurora Bernárdez / Ilustraciones de Isol
by Julio Cortázar Aurora BernárdezAnimalia es una antología seleccionada por Aurora Bernárdez que reúne veintiún relatos de Julio Cortázar. Estas historias conforman una colección única de la fauna que habita en el universo del autor. A más de veinte años desde su primera edición Alfaguara publica esta reedición con ilustraciones de Isol Misenta. Aurora Bernárdez, albacea amorosa de Julio Cortázar, reunió en esta antología veintiún relatos del escritor para conformar una colección única de la fauna que habita el universo cortazariano. Allí, como es sabido, conviven animales que conocemos con otros que solamente existen a través de las hermosas, divertidas y delicadas palabras del gran cronopio. Alfaguara reedita esta antología zoológica con las ilustraciones fabulosas de Isol Misenta, que acompañan a la perfección estos relatos donde lo bestial emerge y lo irracional entra en juego.
Animalicious: A Quirky ABC Book
by Anna Dewdney Reed DuncanA seriously silly ABC book packed with imaginary animals from the creator of the Llama Llama books, Anna Dewdney, and Reed Duncan.From A is for Anonymouse and I is for Incredibull, to K is for Kangarude and R is for Rocktopus, this ABC book will have readers laughing out loud as they learn the alphabet with animals they may never have seen--or even heard of--before.
Animality and Children’s Literature and Film
by Amy RatelleExamining culturally significant works of children's culture through a posthumanist, or animality studies lens, Animality and Children's Literature and Film argues that Western philosophy's objective to establish a notion of an exclusively human subjectivity is continually countered in the very texts that ostensibly work to this end.
Animality in British Romanticism: The Aesthetics of Species (Routledge Studies in Romanticism)
by Peter HeymansThe scientific, political, and industrial revolutions of the Romantic period transformed the status of humans and redefined the concept of species. This book examines literary representations of human and non-human animality in British Romanticism. The book’s novel approach focuses on the role of aesthetic taste in the Romantic understanding of the animal. Concentrating on the discourses of the sublime, the beautiful, and the ugly, Heymans argues that the Romantics’ aesthetic views of animality influenced—and were influenced by—their moral, scientific, political, and theological judgment. The study reveals how feelings of environmental alienation and disgust played a positive moral role in animal rights poetry, why ugliness presented such a major problem for Romantic-period scientists and theologians, and how, in political writings, the violent yet awe-inspiring power of exotic species came to symbolize the beauty and terror of the French Revolution. Linking the works of Wordsworth, Blake, Coleridge, Byron, the Shelleys, Erasmus Darwin, and William Paley to the theories of Immanuel Kant and Edmund Burke, this book brings an original perspective to the fields of ecocriticism, animal studies, and literature and science studies.
Animality in Contemporary Italian Philosophy (The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series)
by Carlo Salzani Felice CimattiThis volume provides an overview of contemporary Italian philosophy from the perspective of animality. Its rationale rests on two main premises: the great topicality of both Italian contemporary philosophy (the so-called “Italian Theory”) and of the animal question (the so-called “animal turn” in the humanities and the social sciences) in the contemporary philosophical panorama. The volume not only intersects these two axes, illuminating Italian Theory through the animal question, but also proposes an original thesis: that the animal question is a central and founding issue of contemporary Italian philosophy. It combines historical-descriptive chapters with analyses of the theme in several philosophical branches, such as biopolitics, Posthumanism, Marxism, Feminism, Antispeciesism and Theology, and with original contributions by renowned authors of contemporary Italian (animal) philosophy. The volume is both historical-descriptive and speculative and is intended for a broad academic audience, embracing both Italian studies and Animal studies at all levels.
Animality: The Anthropological Ground in Tradition and Modernity
by Zhao JingBy addressing the Western understanding of the status and nature of animals and the relation of animals to the question of life, this book provides a discourse on animality through an interdisciplinary investigation into various areas of humanities. The nature of animals is explored by drawing on materials from literature, art, religion, philosophy, and political science, focusing on discussions of animality about the classical culture of ancient Greece, metaphysics and its application to debates on life, Martin Heidegger’s philosophical theories, and biopolitics. Although the distinctive difference between human beings from animals has long been emphasized, the author argues that they are inseparable from one another to achieve understanding. The interrogation of animality, therefore, provides a new perspective on the nature of human beings in this postmodern era. Academics in Western literature, literary theory, literary criticism and comparative literature will find this work an insightful addition to debates in their respective fields, whilst it will also help senior university students pursuing their studies.
Animals
by Emma Jane UnsworthIt is the moment every twenty-something must confront: the time to grow up. Adulthood looms, with all it's numbing tranquility and stifling complacency. The end of prolonged adolescence is near.Laura and Tyler are two women whose twenties have been a blur of overstayed parties, a fondness for drugs that has shifted from cautious experimentation to catholic indulgence, and hangovers that don't relent until Monday morning. They've been best friends, partners in excess, for the last ten years. But things are changing: Laura is engaged to Jim, a classical pianist who has long since given up the carousing lifestyle. He disapproves of Tyler's reckless ways and of what he percieves to be her bad influence on Laura. Jim pulls Laura toward adulthood and responsibility, toward what society says she should be, but Tyler isn't ready to let her go. But what does Laura want for herself? And how can she choose between Tyler and Jim, between one life she loves and another she's "supposed" to love?Raw, uproarious, and deeply affecting, Animals speaks to an entire generation caught between late-adolescence and adulthood wondering what exactly they'll have to give up in order to grow up.
Animals
by HEBE UHARTFrom the winner of Argentina's National Endowment of the Arts Prize and the Manuel Rojas Ibero-American Narrative Prize comes this series of reflections on critters and their natural or not-so-natural habitats.Hebe Uhart's Animals tells of piglets that snack on crackers, parrots that rehearse their words at night, southern screamers that lurk at the front door of a decrepit aunt's house, and, of course, human animals, whose presence is treated with the same inquisitive sharpness and sweetness that marks all of Uhart's work. Animals is a joyous reordering of attention towards the beings with whom we share the planet. In prose that tracks the goings on of creatures who care little what we do or say, a refreshing humility emerges, and with it a newfound pleasure in the everyday. Watching a whistling heron, Uhart writes, "that rebellious crest gives it a lunatic air." Birds in the park and dogs in the street will hold a different interest after reading Uhart's blissful foray into playful zoology.
Animals
by Karen Hines‘I used to want a black enamel farmhouse sink. Now, I just want shelter.’ From acclaimed playwright Karen Hines come two darkly comic meditations on security, safety, and shelter. Crawlspace is a comic, Kafkaesque monologue about the darker side of home ownership that moves past ‘cautionary’ as it snakes through the brutal battleground of Toronto real estate, decorative twig orbs, and the state of the human soul. All the Little Animals I Have Eaten explores questions surrounding existence, death, and salvation through the perspectives of one sleep-deprived young woman, the ghosts of brilliant authors, some well-heeled professionals, meth-curious lambs, a puppet in a beatnik onesie, tiny vertebrates, glowing arthropods, and other unexpected voices. Praise for the Videofag production of Crawlspace: ‘Karen Hines’s macabre monologue about a real-estate nightmare – and a dead animal stuck in a crawlspace – was all the more terrifying for being true. This was Hines at her most horrifyingly hilarious.’ – Globe and Mail ‘Hines’s clever script, alternately savagely funny and disturbing, is full of facts the author keeps amending, underlining the bait-and-switch nature of the real estate swindle.’ – NOW magazine ‘The kind of story you want to talk about as soon as you get home. Horrifying and enlightening.’ – Mooney on Theatre
Animals
by Wayne MansfieldIn the future deep space travel is a regular occurrence. After completing a mission to take supplies to Earth 2, or Genesis as the colonists call it, something goes horribly wrong with the space shuttle returning Adam Evans and his crew mates to Earth. The shuttle crashes and Adam and Jason survive, but the Earth they return to has changed greatly.When tragedy strikes, leaving Adam on his own, he finds the paradise surrounding him has an increasingly darker side. He assumes he can outsmart it, beat it. The product of a lost past, where men and speech are free, he rebels against the rules restricting him. But is he just setting himself up for failure, for pain and misery? Can he ever hope to outwit the powers that be?Then he meets River Boy, the only person in a village full of dirty, animalistic villagers with whom he connects. There is something intelligent about River Boy. Something civilized about him. Yet is Adam’s growing closeness to River Boy going to save him from himself? Or will his stubbornness, his rebelliousness, cost him more than he is able to pay?
Animals All Around (Made By God)
by ZondervanAnimals All Around is a nonfiction Level 2 I Can Read Made By God bind up. With photos and facts showing children the wonders of God’s creation, this collection includes four complete I Can Read titles with the addition of bonus fun and amazing facts about the creation they feature. All facts align with the Common Core Standards for informational reading for young readers. Animals All Around Us Forest Friends Our Feathered Friends Cats, Dogs, Hamsters, and Horses Barnyard Critters
Animals Everywhere! (Thomas & Friends)
by W. Awdry Richard CourtneyThomas rolls to the rescue after some mischievous monkeys let the animals loose from a visiting circus. Boys ages 3 to 7 will love this early reader featuring their favorite Thomas & Friends engines.