First published 1999
Novelist Elizabeth Costello can no longer face the world. Her impassioned arguments against the horrors of animal exploitation have estranged her own family. When she delivers a controversial lecture on the issue, her uncompromising stance provokes a range of reactions - from sympathy to skepticism. As her son watches, Costello's radical compassion for the voiceless compels us to reckon with our own moral blind spots.
Genres: fiction, animals, philosophy, literary-fiction, 21st-century, academic
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: family-drama, social-commentary
127 pages · Hardcover · Princeton University Press
Content warnings: animal-death