{"product_id":"9780815611486-animals-in-our-days","title":"Animals in Our Days","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Book of Stories\u003cbr\u003eEach story in Mohamed Makhzangi’s unique collection \u003cem\u003eAnimals in Our Days\u003c\/em\u003e features a different animal species and its fraught relationship with humans - water buffalo in a rural village gone mad from electric lights. Other stories tell of bear-trainers in India and of the American invasion of Iraq as experienced by a foal, deer, and puppies.\u003cbr\u003eEach story in Mohamed Makhzangi’s unique collection \u003ci\u003eAnimals in Our Days \u003c\/i\u003efeatures a different animal species and its fraught relationship with humans—water buffalo in a rural village gone mad from electric lights, brass grasshoppers purchased in a crowded Bangkok market, or ghostly rabbits that haunt the site of a long-ago brutal military crackdown. Other stories tell of bear-trainers in India and of the American invasion of Iraq as experienced by a foal, deer, and puppies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in 2006, Makhzangi’s stories are part of a long tradition of writings on animals in Arabic literature. In this collection, animals offer a mute testament to the brutality and callousness of humanity, particularly when modernity sunders humans from the natural environment. Makhzangi is one of Egypt’s most perceptive and nuanced authors, merging a writer’s empathy with a scientist’s curiosity about the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike Barbara Kingsolver’s \u003ci\u003eFlight Behavior,\u003c\/i\u003e Haruki Murakami’s \u003ci\u003eThe Elephant Vanishes\u003c\/i\u003e, or J. M. Coetzee’s \u003ci\u003eLives of Animals\u003c\/i\u003e, Makhzangi’s stories trace the numinous, almost supernatural, connections between our species and others. In these resonant, haunting tales, \u003ci\u003eAnimals in Our Days\u003c\/i\u003e foregrounds our urgent need to reacquire the sense of awe, humility, and respect that once characterized our relationship with animals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40869015126113,"sku":"9780815611486","price":13.91,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_33027606.jpg?v=1738827429","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780815611486-animals-in-our-days","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}