The Silence of Animals, (Paperback)

from EmreSevinc

A quick read that looks at the last few thousand years of the Western civilization and tries to answer the questions "what's wrong with us, for God's sake, and how did we end up in this mess by the way, weren't we supposed to be a little more civilized after so many tries at it?". The parts that ...

from roblong

I'm a Gray fan and this was trailed as a sequel to his brilliant Straw Dogs, so I expected fine things. I mostly got them - it isn't as sharp as Straw Dogs was, or such a bucket of cold water over the head, but as a collection of ruminations on the idea of progress, myths and how they operate, an...

from dcunning11235

Whenever I finish a book of John Gray's, I always feel like I've read something amazing, but that I'm not quite sure I know what it was.4 stars, until I have a chance to re-read.

from dcunning11235

Whenever I finish a book of John Gray's, I always feel like I've read something amazing, but that I'm not quite sure I know what it was. 4 stars, until I have a chance to re-read.

from jonfaith

The world in which you live from day to day is made from habit and memory. The perilous zones are the times when the self, also made from habit and memory, gives way. Then, if only for a moment, you may become something other than you have been.Richard Rorty in a number of essays on Derrida and D...