Reviews
An NPR Best Book of 2023!
“It’s rare to find such a bold exploration of [our fraying relationship with nature] as we do in Feed them Silence.” —Charlie Jane Anders for The Washington Post
“Feed Them Silence is a toxic love story with the world we’re killing, delivered in Mandelo’s visceral, melancholic prose. You’ll want to put it down, but you won’t.” —Alix E. Harrow, New York Times bestselling author of The Once and Future Witches
“Holy hell, what a visceral and heart-clenching book. Feed Them Silence is a searing portrait of what it means to give up distance for the sake of understanding.” —Sarah Gailey, bestselling author of Magic for Liars
“Lee Mandelo’s crisp, urgent novella, centered on a study that links the consciousness of a researcher to that of one of North America’s last wild wolves, is a new leader of the pack.” —Scientific American
“Feed Them Silence is a creative exploration of belonging and the burdens of humanity with an incredible amount of depth.” —Liam McBain for NPR
“Mandelo delivers a powerful message about environmentalism and the limits of technology that doubles as a page-turning story about a collapsing marriage. Urgent, intimate, immediate, this is sure to wow.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review
“Marvelously original and told with sensual perfection, Feed Them Silence is a beautiful, haunting testament to human need—and a lament for everything it destroys.” —Andy Davidson, author of The Hollow Kind
“Lee Mandelo shows how quickly catastrophe can breed distrust in both people and starving wolves. When a single element falters, the entire environment begins to crumble.” —Los Angeles Review of Books
“An unsettling exploration of intimacy…Feed Them Silence subtly illuminates the disintegration of boundaries: humans and animals, work and love, research and exploitation.” —E.J. Beaton, author of The Councillor
“This novella…
will make readers consider their own beliefs regarding ethics, research, technology, and relationships.” —Library Journal
