The Big New Yorker Book of Cats

Look whatThe New Yorkerdragged in!Its the purr-fect gathering of talent celebrating our feline companions. This bountiful collection, beautifully illustrated in full color, features articles, fiction, humor, poems, cartoons, cover art, drafts, and drawings from the magazines archives. Among the contributors are Margaret Atwood, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Roald Dahl, Wolcott Gibbs, Robert Graves, Emily Hahn, Ted Hughes, Jamaica Kincaid, Steven Millhauser, Haruki Murakami, Amy Ozols, Robert Pinsky, Jean Rhys, James Thurber, John Updike, Sylvia Townsend Warner, and E. B. White. Including a Foreword by Anthony Lane, this gorgeous keepsake will be a treasured gift for all cat lovers. Praise for The Big New Yorker Book of Cats The Book of Cats comes a year after The Big New Yorker Book of Dogsa publishing slight that, though it stings, Ill forgive, as the latest anthology was worth the wait. . . . Two standout articles feature real-life obsessives of ages past who reveal todays Caturnet devoteeswith their GIFs and Tumblrs and hastily aggregated listiclesfor what they truly are: amateurs. . . . Eat your heart out, Cute Overload.The New York Times Book Review A beautiful hardcover.Jenny McCarthy, People This irresistible anthology of articles, poems, essays, fiction, cartoons, and covers pulled from the New Yorker is a veritable treasure trove for cat lovers. Just dive right in; with stories from the likes of John Updike, Maeve Brennan, Roald Dalhl, and Haruki Murakami interwoven with hilariously wry cartoons, one cant help but be enthralled. A must-have.Modern Cat A shiny, well-fed tome . . . The anthology embodies the cats defining characteristic: its cluster of opposites, rolled together into a giant hairball of cultural attitudessomething, perhaps, at once uncomfortably and assuringly reflective of our own chronically conflicted selves.Brain Pickings This gorgeous book has earned a permanent spot on my coffee table. It is an absolute joy to read and browse through, and I know it will bring me hours and hours of pleasure for years to come. And it makes a purr-fect gift for the special cat lovers in your life.The Conscious Cat [A] sumptuous volume.The Dallas Morning News

Additional ISBNs: 9780679644774, 0679644776, 9780679644781, 0679644784