Currently I’m reading Nina Burton’s ‘Livets tunna väggar’ which translate to something like Walls of Life. It’s a book by a Swedish writer who inherits her mother’s summer house. When she wants to renovate it, she finds all sort of life around and in the house. She uses said life to teach you something about the intellect of various insects and animals, which goes deeper than humans normally think.
It’s a very interesting book that makes me think about non-human life even more. Creatures that are thousands of times smaller than we are have such complex societal structures. Humans have overcommodified animal life for centuries now, seeing them as property and commodities instead of complex and intelligent life forms.
What are you reading?
Just started The Three-Body Problem, only read the first 2 chapters but I’m liking it already. I don’t really know anything about the Cultural Revolution to be able to form an opinion on whether the author’s depiction is plausible or not, so I’ll just believe him for now. It’s nice reading communist fiction for a change.