Cannibals!
Explore the theme of cannibalism in literature with this curated reading list featuring Herman Melville's *Moby-Dick*, Shohei Ooka's *Fires on the Plain*, and Montaigne's *Essays*. Discover fiction and essays that delve into survival, morality, and the human condition through the lens of the taboo.
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The Complete Essays
by Michel de Montaigne
In 1572 Montaigne retired to his estates in order to devote himself to leisure, reading and reflection. There he wrote his constantly expanding 'essays', inspired by the ideas he found in books from his library and his own experience. He discusses subjects as diverse as war-horses and cannibals, poetry and politics, sex and religion, love and friendship, ecstasy and experience. Above all, Montaigne studied himself to find his own inner nature and that of humanity. The Essays are among the most idiosyncratic and personal works in all literature. An insight into a wise Renaissance mind, they continue to engage, enlighten and entertain modern readers.
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Moby-Dick, Or, The Whale
by Herman Melville
A classic of the sea, telling of the pursuit of Moby Dick, the white whale who defied capture.
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Fires on the Plain
by Shohei Ooka
Anti-war novel as seen from the point of view of a losing army.
