Another Insane Devotion : On the Love of Cats and Persons
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0738217298
ISBN-13
9780738217291
Publisher
Hachette Books
Imprint
Da Capo Lifelong
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 8th, 2013
Print length
304 Pages
Weight
760 grams
Dimensions
13.70 x 20.60 x 2.00 cms
Product Classification:
Prose: non-fiction
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From journalist, teacher, and award-winning author: an intellectual cat book exploring the mysteries of love and marriage, intimacy and privacy, pleasure and obligation with a lightness and intellectual depth.
From "a genuine American Dostoevsky" (The Washington Post): a dazzling, funny, bittersweet exploration of the mysteries of relationship, both human and animal.
When his favorite cat Biscuit goes missing, Peter Trachtenberg sets out to find her. The journey takes him 700 miles and many years into his past-- into the history of his relationships with cats and the history of his relationship with his wife F., who may herself be on the verge of disappearing. What ensues is a work that recalls travel narratives from The Incredible Journey to W. G. Sebald''s The Rings of Saturn. Trachtenberg ponders the mysteries of feline intelligence (why do cats score worse on some tests than pigeons?), the origins of their domestication, their terrible treatment during the Middle Ages. He also looks at the riddle of why any of us loves whom we love and all the unforeseen places to which that devotion leads us.
When his favorite cat Biscuit goes missing, Peter Trachtenberg sets out to find her. The journey takes him 700 miles and many years into his past-- into the history of his relationships with cats and the history of his relationship with his wife F., who may herself be on the verge of disappearing. What ensues is a work that recalls travel narratives from The Incredible Journey to W. G. Sebald''s The Rings of Saturn. Trachtenberg ponders the mysteries of feline intelligence (why do cats score worse on some tests than pigeons?), the origins of their domestication, their terrible treatment during the Middle Ages. He also looks at the riddle of why any of us loves whom we love and all the unforeseen places to which that devotion leads us.
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