Mamas letzte Umarmung

Are apes the better people? In his masterpiece, De Waal vividly describes how animals - especially apes - feel, empathize, suffer, rejoice, are social, grieve, are angry, are sociable. Apes have a deep emotional life, but they can't articulate it the way we humans can. Especially when saying goodbye to the old chimpanzee "Mama", who communicates in her own way that she is going to die, observation and description merge into intense compassion. In the realm of animals we discover the elementary foundations of our bodies and our emotions. Here we see how magnificent and profound animals are and what we should learn from them. The most personal and moving book by Frans de Waal.