A Cat At the End of the World

eBook, 331 pages

English language

Published Nov. 1, 2022

ISBN:
978-953-351-427-7
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ASIN:
B0BHKMBN24
Goodreads:
62990539

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Delivered like a fable, A Cat At the End of the World shifts perspectives between a runaway slave and the Scatterwind, a bodiless spirit that moves effortlessly through time and space, from the days of ancient Syracuse to our contemporary era. At the center of their stories is Miu, an Egyptian cat— one of the earliest to be domesticated— through whom Robert Perišić channels a deeply profound and beautiful understanding of animal and human behaviors as seen through the results of language, warfare, colonization, trade, and the building of a society.

2 editions

Challenging but worth it

Beautifully odd and gentle: alternating perspectives between a runaway slave in ancient times and … the wind. Observations on animal and human behavior (like, how we learned freedom from cats, how to enslave workers from donkeys). Had to skip the first (few) chapter(s) though—maybe a printing error that made it hard to follow. Peters out towards the end, but glad I read it.

Subjects

  • Fiction
  • Historical Fiction
  • Cats