Ebook {Epub PDF} Particularly Cats and More Cats by Doris Lessing

Category: Non-Fiction. This Edition: British first edition. From the book jacket: This little book is about the cats Doris Lessing has known or lived with, two in particular, Grey Cat and Black Cat, who are as different in character, temperament and tastes as two people, and who now share her life, mostly in London, sometimes in a Devon cottage. They are both half Siamese, and have Siamese traits: they Category: Non-Fiction. This item: Particularly Cats And Rufus. by Doris Lessing Hardcover. $ Only 1 left in stock - order soon. Ships from and sold by clinkers. $ shipping. On Cats. by Doris Lessing Hardcover/5(8). First Published by: Simon and Schuster. Category: Non-Fiction. This Edition: American first edition. From the book jacket: An extraordinary book from Doris Lessing. This writer, famous for her incomparably perceptive analysis of herself, of society of people, now looks at cats: the cats she knew in childhood - sunning themselves in the hot African sun, running wild in answer to mating calls from the bush - and Category: Non-Fiction.

On Cats is an omnibus edition of three books by Doris Lessing, a significant contemporary author: Particularly Cats, Rufus the Survivor and The Old Age of El Magnifico. We are treated to stories, enchanting fragments, about some of the cats who have shared her life; in vivid, masterful prose we are shown quirks, conflicts, tender moments, and. Consisting of the celebrated story collections "Particularly Cats" and "Rufus the Survivor," and the memoir "The Old Age of El Magnifico," this book brilliantly evokes the subtleties of feline existence. An entertaining read for both cat and Lessing connoisseurs"The Observer." Book Synopsis. Doris Lessing's love affair with cats began at a. Only Doris Lessing could have written this book. She's so brilliant, so insightful, and cats have played a big part in her life, so of course she eventually chooses to write about this. This slim little volume is packes with hilarity, pathos, saddness, insight, stories, and philosophy.

In a series of captivating, interconnected vignettes, Lessing writes about the cats that have slinked, bullied, and charmed their way into her life, including El Magnifico, whose story unfolds in a new essay appearing here for the first time. Edition Details. Format: Paperback. Language: English. ISBN: X. This item: Particularly Cats And Rufus. by Doris Lessing Hardcover. $ Only 1 left in stock - order soon. Ships from and sold by clinkers. $ shipping. On Cats. by Doris Lessing Hardcover. Doris Lessing. · Rating details · ratings · reviews. Doris Lessing recounts the cats that have moved and amused her, from the kittens that overran her childhood home to the wrenching decline of El Magnifico, whose story unfolds in a new essay, appearing here for the first time. Particularly Cats also evokes Lessing's own story in relation to cats, how they affect her and she them, communicating in a language of mood and gest.