Freeman's Animals

John Freeman

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Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
13 October 2022

Literary essays; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Short stories; Fiction in translation; Animals & society

Over a century ago, Rilke went to the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, where he watched a pair of flamingos. A flock of other birds screeched by, and, as he describes in a poem, the great red-pink birds sauntered on, unphased, then 'stretched amazed and singly march into the imaginary.' This encounter - so strange, so typical of flamingos with their fabulous posture - is also still typical of how we interact with animals. Even as our actions threaten their very survival, they are still symbolic, captivating and captive, caught in a drama of our framing.

This issue of Freeman's tells the story of that interaction, its costs, its tendernesses, the mythological flex of it. From lovers in a Chiara Barzini story, falling apart as a group of wild boars roams in their Roman neighbourhood, to the soppen emergency birth of a cow on a Wales farm, stunningly described by Cynan Jones, no one has the moral high ground here. Nor is this a piece of mourning. There's wonder, humour, rage and relief, too.

Featuring pigeons, calves, stray dogs, mascots, stolen cats, and bears, to the captive, tortured animals who make up our food supply, powerfully described in Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk's essay, this wide-ranging issue of Freeman's will stimulate discussion and dreams alike.

By: John Freeman
Imprint: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 445g
ISBN: 9781611854244
ISBN 10: 1611854245
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 13 October 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

John Freeman was the editor of Granta until 2013. His books include Dictionary of the Undoing,How to Read a Novelist, Tales of Two Cities and Tales of Two Americas. He has also publishedtwo collections of poetry, Maps and In the Park. He is an Executive Editor at Knopf and teaches at the New School and New York University. His work has appeared in the New Yorker and theParis Review and has been translated into twenty-two languages.

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There's an illustrious new literary journal in town . . . [with] fiction, nonfiction, and poetry by new voices and literary heavyweights. * Vogue.com * A terrific anthology . . . Sure to become a classic in years to come. * San Francisco Chronicle * Freeman draws from a global cache of talent . . . An expansive reading experience. * Kirkus Reviews * Freeman's is fresh, provocative, engrossing. * bbc.co.uk *

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