![]() Nor did anyone wonder how being raised alongside a chimp or gorillaĪnd that is what WE’RE ALL COMPLETELY BESIDE OURSELVES is about, though Karen Joy Fowler doesn’t reveal the secret until the center of the story, when the narrator tries to sum things up: “Once upon a time, there were two sisters, and a mother and a father who promised to love them both the same.” (And if I could have named this novel, it would have been RED CHIP, BLUE CHIP. Gorillas came of age as big, strong, hormonal, and ultimately frighteningĪnimals. Of the experimenters anticipated was what would happen when the chimps and ![]() Sign language could bridge some of the gap, but what none ![]() Lack the vocal apparatus to speak, or did they lack the cognitive capacity for To see how and why their development diverged. Was a fad for raising chimpanzees and gorillas side by side with human children ![]() Language was the key, people thought, and so there “unbelievable” when what they really mean it’s excellent? Well, Karen Joyįowler’s WE ARE ALL COMPLETELY BESIDE OURSELVES is excellent: utterlyīelievable and completely credible-a funny, moving, entertaining novel that isĪlso a fierce, important, unblinking review of a shameful chapter in theĭuring the mid-twentieth century, when I was an activeĪnthropologist, there was a great deal of interest in what exactly made humansĭistinct from other animals. You know how people say something is “incredible” or ![]()
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