Eating AnimalsPart memoir and part investigative report, Eating Animals is the groundbreaking moral examination of vegetarianism, farming, and the food we eat every day that inspired the documentary of the same name. Bestselling author Jonathan Safran Foer spent much of his life oscillating between enthusiastic carnivore and occasional vegetarian. For years he was content to live with uncertainty about his own dietary choices-but once he started a family, the moral dimensions of food became increasingly important. Faced with the prospect of being unable to explain why we eat some animals and not others, Foer set out to explore the origins of many eating traditions and the fictions involved with creating them. Traveling to the darkest corners of our dining habits, Foer raises the unspoken question behind every fish we eat, every chicken we fry, and every burger we grill. Part memoir and part investigative report, Eating Animals is a book that, in the words of the Los Angeles Times, places Jonathan Safran Foer "at the table with our greatest philosophers" -and a must-read for anyone who cares about building a more humane and healthy world. |
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User Review - jennamarie - Overstock.comI purchased this book because a year ago I started taking a hard look at what I was eating and where the food comes from that is available to us in the supermarket. I have read many books on the ... Read full review
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| Title | Eating Animals |
| Author | Jonathan Safran Foer |
| Publisher | Little, Brown, 2009 |
| ISBN | 0316086649, 9780316086646 |
| Length | 368 pages |
| Subjects | › › Business & Economics / Industries / Food Industry Health & Fitness / Diet & Nutrition / Nutrition Nature / Animal Rights Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy Science / History Social Science / Agriculture & Food Technology & Engineering / Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture Technology & Engineering / Food Science / General |
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