Between Light and Storm by Esther Woolfson
Humans have long believed themselves to be the superior species: we consume other animals for food, experiment on them and slaughter them for sport. But as well as the ethical issues surrounding our treatment of other animals, our attitudes are responsible for massive species loss and extinctions, the extensive destruction of habitats and a growing threat of zoonotic pandemics. Drawing on philosophy and theology, art and history, Between Light and Storm is a penetrating account of our fraught relationship with animals. It is also a timely and necessary plea for a more humane approach to those with whom we share a planet.
'Elegiac, haunting and piercingly intelligent, Esther Woolfson's exploration ofour relationship with other species is sometimes painful to read but her articulacyand lightness of touch, and her own beautifully observed experiences, are a joyAprofoundly moving and important book' - Isabella Tree
'A powerful, poignant, and urgently important reflection on our relations withthe non-human world. Immaculately researched and compulsively readable' -Charles Foster, author of Being a Beast
'We live in a time in which our disrespect for nature is coming back to bite us.Timely and wide-ranging, Esther Woolfson's book offers sensitive reflections onhow we relate to the animals around us as well as the animal within' - Frans deWaal
'A powerful, poignant, and urgently important reflection on our relations withthe non-human world. Immaculately researched and compulsively readable' -Charles Foster, author of Being a Beast
'We live in a time in which our disrespect for nature is coming back to bite us.Timely and wide-ranging, Esther Woolfson's book offers sensitive reflections onhow we relate to the animals around us as well as the animal within' - Frans deWaal
Esther Woolfson grew up in Glasgow and studied Chinese at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Edinburgh University. She has been the recipient of a Scottish Arts Council Travel Grant and a Writer's Bursary. Her first book was Corvus: A Life with Birds, and her second, Field Notes from a Hidden City, was shortlisted for the 2014 Thwaites Wainwright Prize for Nature and Travel Writing. She lives in Aberdeen.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781783782802 |
| ISBN 10 | 1783782803 |
| Title | Between Light and Storm |
| Author | Esther Woolfson |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Granta Books |
| Year published | 2021-09-02 |
| Number of pages | 0 |
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