{"title":"Hayley Singer","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore the thought-provoking work of Hayley Singer, an esteemed author and scholar whose writing delves deeply into the realms of philosophy and psychology. Known for her intellectual depth and articulate expression, Singer's works provide insightful perspectives on complex themes that challenge conventional thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn her compelling collection, which includes the remarkable book \u003cem\u003eAbandon Every Hope: Essays for the Dead\u003c\/em\u003e, Singer navigates through the intricacies of human emotion, existential inquiry, and the nuanced journey of life and death. Her essays are an invitation to reflect, ponder, and engage with the profound questions about existence that often go unexamined.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhether you are a seasoned philosopher or a curious thinker, Hayley Singer's writings offer a rich tapestry of ideas that stimulate the mind and provoke meaningful discourse. Discover her works that promise not just to inform but to transform your understanding of the human condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"abandon-every-hope-essays-for-the-dead-by-hayley-singer-9780645536997","title":"Abandon Every Hope: Essays for the Dead","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbandon Every Hope\u003c\/em\u003e mournfully investigates the literatures of the slaughterhouse and a world motivated by profitable death, ultimately asking: where does this horror begin and how can it end?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCan anyone smell the suffering of souls? Of sadness, of hell on earth? Hell, I imagine, has a smell that bloats into infinity. It has a nasty sting of corpses. What was it Dante wrote?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbandon Every Hope\u003c\/em\u003e is a lament, an elegy, a deranged encyclopedia, and a diary of anxiety. How can anyone document the vastness of violence against animals in a bloated industrial age?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAcross a series of essays, Hayley Singer investigates the literatures of the slaughterhouse to map the contours of a world cut to pieces by organised and profitable death. A compelling debut in poetic prose, Singer asks how we may write the life of the dead; the smell of an egg factory; of multispecies PTSD; of planetary harm and self-harm—of the horror we make on earth. Where does the slaughterhouse begin and how can it end?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSinger writes with a magnificent intensity, moving between different registers in order to bear witness to the pain and suffering of the slaughterhouse.\u003c\/em\u003e — Stephanie King, Readings\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbandon Every Hope\u003c\/em\u003e takes the form of a thanatography—an attempt to write death—which Hayley Singer describes as having a \"nearness to biography.\" — Fiona Wright, \u003cem\u003eThe Saturday Paper\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA quietly ambitious book about suffering.\u003c\/em\u003e — Ben Brooker, \u003cem\u003eAustralian Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSinger's skill lies in controlling the level of discomfort in the essays to the point where you feel it as a reader but don't put the book down for a breath of fresh air or a long stare out the window, reflecting on your own part in all this.\u003c\/em\u003e — Jasper Linde, \u003cem\u003eThe Canberra Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExperimental and jostling in its use of poetic, lyric, academic and reflective writing styles, this book grapples with the industrial meat complex.\u003c\/em\u003e — Stella Prize Judges comments\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46604343673068,"sku":"9780645536997","price":34.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/22815543482417.jpg?v=1751419501"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/hayley-singer.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}