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 ...
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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.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s) Hardcover 2012 edition. Inscribed an signed by the author Peter Trachenberg. Included a photograph in envelope of the author at a book signing. Book, dust jacket and boards in fine condition. Binding firm. Pages unmarked and clean. (283 pages)
I am a cat lover. I had, reasonably I think, expected to read a lot about a man?s search for his lost cat, his feelings for the cat, and about the people they both knew. There was talk of the cat, and talk of other cats, and that was enjoyable. But in my opinion, too much of the book is a rather depressing discussion of neurotic people, failed relationships, and bad sex. I did not finish the book. I have better things to do.