{"product_id":"animal-stories-paperback","title":"Animal Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKate Zambreno\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom a writer who has \"invented a new form\" (Annie Ernaux), an exploration of mortality, alienation, boredom, surveillance, and how we regard ourselves among the animals.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnimal Stories \u003c\/i\u003ebegins with Kate Zambreno's visit to the monkey house at the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, where one stark tree \"seems to be the stage design for a simian production of \u003ci\u003eWaiting for Godot\u003c\/i\u003e.\" But who are the players and who is the audience, and can they recognize each other?What follows is a series of reports from the deep strangeness of the zoo, a space that is \"more often than not deeply sad, an odd choice for regular pilgrimages of fun.\" Amid excursions with their young children, Zambreno turns to Garry Winogrand's photographs and John Berger's writings on animals, reshaping the spectator as the subject to decode our complex \"zoo feelings\"--what we project, and what we refuse to see. Then, in the \"Kafka system\" that dovetails with these zoo studies, Zambreno thinks through the notebooks and animal stories of a writer known for playing at the threshold between species, continuing their investigation into the false divide between human and animal.Drawing on forms including reports, essays, journals, and stories, Zambreno renders visible the enclosures we construct and the ones we occupy ourselves.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKate Zambreno\u003c\/b\u003e is the author most recently of \u003cem\u003eDrifts\u003c\/em\u003e;\u003cem\u003e To Write As if Already Dead\u003c\/em\u003e, a study of Hervé Guibert; \u003cem\u003eThe Light Room\u003c\/em\u003e;\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eand a collaborative study on tone in literature with Sofia Samatar. They live in Brooklyn with their two children and their partner, John Vincler. A 2021 Guggenheim Fellow in Nonfiction, they are a PhD candidate in performance studies at NYU.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 6.85 x 4.96 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 16, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53337065029997,"sku":"9798893380200","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/fth4t9G6ru9798893380200.webp?v=1778922958","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/animal-stories-paperback","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}