Jonathan Safran Foer

1. Jonathan Safran , Foer

Zhutko gromko i zapredel'no blizko

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. Pered vami legendarnyj roman Dzhonatana Safrana Foera «Zhutko gromko i zapredel'no blizko». S momenta ego publikacii v 2006 godu proshlo uzhe bol'she desjati let, no do sih por ego ljubjat i chitajut po vsemu miru, kniga izdaetsja tysjachami kopij i na desjatkah raznyh jazykov. Istorija, rasskazannaja mal'chikom, chej otec pogib v bashnjah-bliznecah, nikogo ne ostavit ravnodushnym. "Zhutko gromko i zapredel'no blizko" ? kniga goda po versii Los Angeles Times, Washington Post Book World, Chicago Tribune, St. Louis Post-Dispatch i Rocky Mountain News. "V smeshnom, nezhnom, tragichnom i izjashhno postroennom romane Dzhonatana Safrana Foera "Zhutko gromko i zapredel'no blizko" est' ozorstvo i zhivost' bezuderzhnogo detskogo voobrazhenija i odnovremenno pronzitel'naja detskaja bol'. Foerovskomu Oskaru Shellu vsego devjat', no emu uzhe dovelos' stolknut'sja s katastrofami sovremennosti i dokazat' svoju nepovtorimost'". Sintija Ozik "Vtoroj roman Dzhonatana Safrana Foera opravdyvaet vse vozlagavshiesja na nego nadezhdy. V nem est' ambicija, virtuoznost' ispolnenija, golovolomki, no glavnoe - vo vsem, chto kasaetsja izobrazhenija osirotevshego Oskara, - nevynosimaja pronzitel'nost'. Sil'nejshie jemocii potrjasajut po-nastojashhemu, a ne ponaroshku. Vydajushheesja literaturnoe dostizhenie". Salman Rushdi

Feasting and Fasting

"An accessible, detailed look at all aspects of Jewish food ... This rich, revealing collection will appeal to scholars and foodies alike." (Publishers Weekly) "A fascinating look at food from a variety of different angles … the essays were all well written and absorbing. Anyone interested in food studies or Jewish history will want to read this book." (Jewish World) "Anyone interested in Jewish food who reads these seven essays will emerge with plenty of points for further discussion [...] As a broad-based collection touching on many of the subspecialties, it should provide genuine 'food for thought' leading to further readings on specific topics." (Tradition) "Feasting and Fasting is a fascinating look at food from a variety of different angles… Anyone interested in food studies or Jewish history will want to read this book." (The Reporter) "This wide-ranging discussion of the history, philosophy, religion, and origins of Jewish culinary traditions should be in any serious culinary and Jewish history collection." (Midwest Review of Books) "Runs the gamut from biblical to contemporary Jewish food ways and includes both historical and ethical aspects of what, how, and why Jews eat." (Leah Hochman, University of Southern California) "Gathers a dream team of Jewish studies scholars whothank you!raise their heads from texts to focus on the meanings, rituals, conflicts, power dynamics, and pleasures of the material of food in the Jewish diaspora. . . . The book that follows considers the diversity of complex and often fraught relationships among food, Jews, and Others, across time and place, from biblical to supermarket aisle. It serves to initiate scholars of Judaism in the world of food studies and, for food scholars, richly informs studies of Jewish foodways." (Jonathan Deutsch, Co-author of Jewish American Food Culture) "Drawing on a stellar cast of contributors, Feasting and Fasting combines an unparalleled overview of Jewish food practices from Antiquity to Agriprocessors with boundary-breaking essays on Jewish foods and foodways. This remarkable volume will excite scholars and be invaluable for adoption in Jewish history and food studies courses."" (Roger Horowitz, author of Kosher USA: How Coke Became Kosher and Other Tales of Modern Food) "A fascinating account of the history of Jewish food, within and outside of dietary laws. . . . Crisco is for Jews? Peanut oil caused such debates? Who knew. This book is a great read." (Marion Nestle, Paulette Goddard Professor and Professor Emerita, New York University) "This is a spectacular set of essays on a wide and eclectic range of topics. They're accessible to a wide audience and further strengthen the evolving conversation about the nature of the interaction between Jewish life, food, and the wider world we live in." (Nigel Savage, CEO, Hazon: The Jewish Lab for Sustainability) "The three courses of this book — history, culture, and ethics — are a tremendous feast, to be savored for a long time to come!" (Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff, Rector and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, American Jewish University)

Animals and the Human Imagination

The contributors succeed in making a range of complex issues in contemporary animal studies accessible-and even engrossing-to the ordinary educated reader, and the editors provide a richly intelligent mapping of the field. -- J. M. Coetzee, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Impressive and startling, this anthology shows the radical potential of edited volumes to break ground beyond the scope of monographs. Fascinating new studies in fields as diverse as philosophy, ethics, media studies, wildlife management, and children's literature challenge the 'animal/human binary' of Western thought. This borderline reveals itself to be neither ontologically fixed nor biologically stable. Rather, it is wondrously fluid and contingent, existing both within and without human beings. As Claude Levi-Strauss famously observed in culture and Paul Shepard has memorably mapped in cognition, we continue to 'think' with animals-to imagine ourselves in relation to them, or, as Aaron Gross puts it, 'to self-conceptualize through animals in particular contexts.' The rich array of ideas offered here seems to suggest we can do nothing other than that. Yet at the same time we are moved 'to pause, put to rest, or surrender the categories animal and human.' It is to the editors' infinite credit that this paradox is left unmolested, thus emerging as an oracle. -- Kimberely Patton, Harvard University, coeditor of A Communion of Subjects: Animals in Religion, Science, and Ethics Evocative and provocative, these essays deeply unsettle the Western tradition's assumption of an abyss between human and non-human animals. Probing contemporary biopolitics in relation to animals, they announce the necessity of nothing less than a mutation in thought. Here, the ethics of difference, vulnerability, and responsibility come face to face with the uncanny proximity and radical distance of animals. As this anthology shows, animals regard us, and we can't evade that call. -- Elisabeth Weber, University of California, Santa Barbara The editors do not simply take stock of the current state of animal studies. Instead, they have gathered together a number of interesting and original researchers who are themselves making novel contributions to the field. This anthology is an important book, both as an introductory text and as a volume that advanced researchers will turn to in hopes of finding inspiration and new ideas in animal studies. -- Matthew Calarco, Associate Professor of Philosophy, CSU Fullerton Animals and the Human Imagination soars. Intellectually exciting, smart, and accessible, this volume will intrigue and revolt, surprise and inspire. The opening overview by Gross is a tour de force and each essay fascinates. Collectively they offer an invitation to think in new ways about what we, perhaps wrongly, call our humanity. I can't imagine a better introduction to the essential new field of critical animal studies. -- Jonathan Safran Foer What the remarkable and academically diverse collection of essays in Animals and the Human Imagination achieves is to point out how we have made animals vanish in our language and how we might bring them back into our collective vision again... This book will inspire more scholarly work on animals, but it will also supply fuel for activists who hope to treat animals more humanely-not to say humanly-in the world outside the academy. -- Wendy Doniger, Mircea Eliade Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago, and author of Women, Androgynes, and Other Mythical Beasts (University of Chicago Press, 1980) ...a strong addition to psychology, literary, and wildlife collections, enthusiastically recommended and fascinating reading. Midwest Book Review

1. Jonathan Safran , Foer

Wir sind das Klima!

Jonathan Safran Foer schafft es erneut, uns ein komplexes Thema wie die Klimakrise so nahe zu bringen wie niemand sonst. Und das Beste: Einen Lösungsansatz liefert er gleich mit.Mit seinem Bestseller »Tiere essen« hat Jonathan Safran Foer weltweit Furore gemacht: Viele seiner Leser wurden nach der Lektüre Vegetarier oder haben zumindest ihre Ernährung überdacht. Nun nimmt Foer sich des größten Themas unserer Zeit an: dem Klimawandel. Der Klimawandel ist zu abstrakt, deshalb lässt er uns kalt. Foer erinnert an die Kraft und Notwendigkeit gemeinsamen Handelns und führt dazu anschaulich viele gelungene Beispiele an, die uns als Ansporn dienen sollen. Wir können die Welt nicht retten, ohne einem der größten CO2- und Methangas-Produzenten zu Leibe zu rücken, der Massentierhaltung. Foer zeigt einen Lösungsansatz auf, der niemandem viel abverlangt, aber extrem wirkungsvoll ist: tierische Produkte nur einmal täglich zur Hauptmahlzeit.Foer nähert sich diesem wichtigen Thema eloquent, überzeugend, sehr persönlich und mit wachem Blick und großem Herz für die menschliche Unzulänglichkeit. Und das Beste: Seinen Lösungsansatz können Sie gleich in die Tat umsetzen.

1. Jonathan Safran Foer

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel