My history with animals -- The ostrich -- The meerkat -- Aelian, On the nature of animals -- The ecopark -- Life in the woods -- The creatures of Azul -- The birds -- Onelli's experiments and observations -- One corner -- Monkey business -- A naturalist -- A book for thought -- A rural city -- Ramiro RodrÃguez -- Varieties -- The avian city -- Animal planet I -- The Lima Zoo -- Clara's parrot -- Naturalists in the nineteenth century -- Surroundings -- Animal planet II -- The anteater -- Sayings and legends -- Alex the parrot, and other of that ilk -- The bird of a thousand songs -- Our relatives -- The Horco Molle Nature Reserve -- Plaza Almagro -- Oddities -- The Rolinga Dog.
Summary:
"Hebe Uhart's animals tells of piglets that snack on crackers, parrots that rehearse their words at night, southern screamers that lurk at the front door of a decrepit aunt's house, and, of course, human animals, whose presence is treated with the same inquisitive sharpness and sweetness that marks all of Uhart's work. Animals is a joyous reordering of attention towards the beings with whom we share the planet. In prose that tracks the goings on of creatures who care little what we do or say, a refreshing humility emerges, and with it a newfound pleasure in the everyday. Watching a whistling heron, Uhart writes, "that rebellious crest gives it a lunatic air." Birds in the park and dogs in the street will hold a different interest after reading Uhart's blissful foray into playful zoology"--Publisher's description
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