Like a beast (or how I became a vegetarian)

Richard, a 40-year-old actor from the Paris region, has an almost paternal relationship with his goddaughter Camille, 13. Suddenly discovering her vegetarian, during a barbecue, triggers deep questioning in him. As an adult, he is shaken by the radical but coherent choices of the teenager, especially since Camille is very aware of animal abuse and the climatic consequences of our food practices. Richard will gradually awaken to antispeciesism, vegetarianism and living in general. While talking with Camille, who has become a guide, he feels the desire to become a vegetarian in his turn. But will he be able to change his way of life and get rid of his automatisms? Author of Thoreau et moi (2019), inspired by the thought of the American philosopher Henry David Thoreau, Cédric Taling explores here the question of food, with his own originality and humor. In Like a Beast (or how I became a vegetarian), he chronicles the main stages of the transition to a vegetarian diet, in particular by describing the fascinating relationships with the animal world of certain non-European cultures and by making the latest scientific discoveries accessible. on the vegetable kingdom. This comic also depicts how food, and more generally ecological issues, can fuel a fruitful confrontation between generations who do not spontaneously share the same vision of the world. How do you become a vegetarian? For what reasons ? Through the career of Richard, an urban quadra well in his time, this comic strip forcefully questions our relationship to the animal world and meat consumption.