Animal Stories - Kate Zambreno Genre:Memoirs Brilliantly argued and beautifully written

Brilliantly argued and beautifully written

But as animosity slowly turns to attraction

leading neuroscientist Stanislas Dehaene delves into the psychological

where a flatworm masquerades as a boy

Animal Stories - Kate Zambreno Genre:Memoirs Brilliantly argued and beautifully writtenA curious exploration of mortality, alienation, boredom, surveillance and how we regard ourselves among the animals. `Few human animals have Zambreno's baleful honesty, insight, or relish for comedy, when they look at themselves' Daisy Hildyard, author ofHunters in the SnowandEmergencyAnimal Storiesbegins with Kate Zambreno's visit to the monkey house at the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, where one stark tree `seems to be the stage design for a simian