{"product_id":"9780143573012","title":"Only the Animals","description":"Author: Dovey, Ceridwen\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780143573012\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin Australia Pty Ltd\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 25 Feb 2015\u003cbr\u003ePages: 256 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn animal's-eye view of humans at our brutal worst and our creative best, \u003ci\u003eOnly the Animals\u003c\/i\u003e asks us to believe again in the redemptive power of reading and writing fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eExquisitely written, playful and poignant, \u003ci\u003eOnly the Animals\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable literary achievement by the award-winning Ceridwen Dovey, one of our brightest young writers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePerhaps only the animals can tell us what it is to be human.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe souls of ten animals caught up in human conflicts over the last century tell their astonishing stories of life and death. In a trench on the Western Front a cat recalls her owner Colette's theatrical antics in Paris. In Nazi Germany a dog seeks enlightenment. A Russian tortoise once owned by the Tolstoys drifts in space during the Cold War. In the siege of Sarajevo a bear starving to death tells a fairytale. And a dolphin sent to Iraq by the US Navy writes a letter to Sylvia Plath ...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e An animal's-eye view of humans at our brutal worst and our creative best, \u003ci\u003eOnly the Animals\u003c\/i\u003e asks us to believe again in the redemptive power of reading and writing fiction.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48150344892574,"sku":"UBD-9780143573012","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780143573012.jpg?v=1786964459","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780143573012","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}