| Summary: | "From a writer who has "invented a new form" (Annie Ernaux), an exploration of mortality, alienation, boredeom, surveillance, and how we regard ourselves among the animals. Animal Stories begins 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 Waiting for Godot." But who are the players and who is the audience, and can they recognize each other? ... Drawing on forms including reports, essays, journals, and stories, Zambreno renders visible the enclosures we construct and the ones we occupy ourselves" --
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