{"product_id":"only-the-animals-stories-9780374226633","title":"Only the Animals: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003ePerhaps only the animals can tell us what it is to be human  The souls of ten animals caught up in human conflicts over the last century and connected to both famous and little-known writers in surprising ways tell their astonishing stories of life and death. In a trench on the Western Front  a cat recalls her owner Colettes theatrical antics in Paris. In Nazi Germany  a dog seeks enlightenment. A Russian tortoise once owned by the Tolstoys drifts in space during the Cold War. During the Siege of Sarajevo  a starving bear tells a fairy tale. And a dolphin sent to Iraq by the U.S. Navy writes a letter to Sylvia Plath. Exquisitely written  playful  and poignant  Ceridwen Doveys Only the Animals is a remarkable literary achievement by one of our brightest young writers. An animals-eye-view of humans at our brutal  violent worst and our creative  imaginative best  it asks us to find our way back to empathy not only for animals but for other people  and to believe again in the redemptive power of reading and writing fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45650620088373,"sku":"ByrdShop_0374226636","price":249.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780374226633.jpg?v=1781799768","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/only-the-animals-stories-9780374226633","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}