Jonathan Safran Foer spent much of his teenage and college years oscillatingbetween carnivore and vegetarian. As he became a husband and a father he keptreturni... » 

Jonathan Safran Foer spent much of his teenage and college years oscillatingbetween carnivore and vegetarian. As he became a husband and a father he keptreturning to two questions Why do we eat animals? And would we eat them if weknew how they got on our dinner plates? Brilliantly synthesizing philosophyliterature science and his own undercover detective work Eating Animalsexplores the many fictions we use to justify our eating habitsfrom folklore topop culture to family traditions and national mythand how such tales justify abrutal ignorance. Marked by Foers profound moral ferocity and unvaryinggenerosity as well as the vibrant style and creativity that made his previousbooks Everything is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Closehuge bestsellers Eating Animals is a celebration and a reckoning a storyabout the stories weve toldand the stories we now need to tell. «