02132nam 22003853 450 991015485800332120230808200808.01-60980-753-7(CKB)3710000000972010(MiAaPQ)EBC6047327(Au-PeEL)EBL6047327(OCoLC)1156222203(EXLCZ)99371000000097201020210901d2016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAnimal EnvyNew York :Seven Stories Press,2016.©2016.1 online resource (168 pages)1-60980-752-9 "What would animals tell us--about themselves, about us--if there were a common language among all animal species? A bracingly simple idea, one that has been used before in books like George Orwell's Animal Farm and E. B. White's Charlotte's Web among others, but never like this. In Animal Envy, Ralph Nader proposes, quite plausibly, that a programmer has created a "digital translation" app whereby animals of different species, from insects to whales, can speak to one another, and through a "hyper-advanced converter" these animals can then also speak, both collectively and individually, to humans. It is decided that there will be a global assembly. It will be called "The Great Talkout." Humans are persuaded to reserve 100 hours of network coverage so The Great Talkout may begin and will be viewed by humans everywhere, in all human languages, as well as all animal languages. The novel that ensues is part parable, part contemporary politics, and part animal lore, deeply felt and powerfully informed. Just as he did when he wrote Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us, Nader shows here that his visionary genius knows no limits"--Provided by publisher.813.6FIC037000bisacshNader Ralph146484MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910154858003321Animal Envy2892166UNINA