When a boy realises the grown-ups are killing animals and that he has been eating their bodies, he gives up meat. But should he share the truth and break another child’s heart? As a youth he wants to believe in the ability of words and peaceful protest to end the slaughter, while struggling to resist a desire for revenge. Now a disillusioned man trying to rebuild his life, he must choose one of two paths. Acceptance means security, but those meat-industry adverts keep taunting him and some familiar insults – smelly pig, dirty cow, chick-chick-chicken – fill his head. Slaughterhouse Prayer deals in human invention and our treatment of non-human animals, the manipulation of language and the nature of innocence. Society’s pecking order is challenged as the story moves to its margins and beyond. A book of dreams, where visions are more real than reality and sentimentality is a strength, it asks a series of questions. Can a person honestly kill without emotion? Could a vegan soldier stay professional and humane? And will we ever confront the terror that surrounds us?
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Formatera EPUB ● Sidor 300 ● ISBN 9781912924806 ● Utgivare Distributed by eBookpartnership ● Publicerad 2015 ● Nedladdningsbara 3 gånger ● Valuta EUR ● ID 9950410 ● Kopieringsskydd Adobe DRM
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