ENGLISH

Letters of note: cats

By Usher , Shaun (Compiler)

Book information

Publisher
Canongate Books
ISBN
9781786895547, 9781786895554, 1786895544
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (1815096 bytes)
Pages
xi, 131 pages ; 18 cm\0
Time added
2020-12-05 07:45:59
Nonfiction;History;Animals

Description

An irresistible new volume of affectionate missives about our feline companions from Charles Dickens, James Joyce, Anne Frank, Elizabeth Taylor, and more, from the author of the bestsellingLetters of NotecollectionsT. S. Eliot types a rhyming birthday party invitation to all Jellicle cats for his four-year-old godson. Ernest Hemingway catalogs all of his feline friends to an ex-wife. Jack Kerouac's mother grieves at the death of the family cat. Jack Lemmon winkingly suggests to Walter Matthau that they go in on a cat ranch in Mexico. This utterly charming collection offers a warm and friendly look at the place that cats occupy in our hearts and lives. These 30 letters capture the profound delight of having or observing a cat, and they reveal a keen insight into feline nature as well as our own.

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