The Cat That Changed My Life: 50 Cats Talk Candidly About How They Became Who They Are
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| Rating | : | 4.57 (781 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0743219449 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 112 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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In their own words, we hear from such cats as Jelly Bean, who felt hopelessly misunderstood and alienated until she met Dorothy, a cat down the road with the same predisposition to skittishness; Puffin, whose brief fling with a cat named Henry thrust her into the ugly underworld of saltwater taffy addiction; and Evelyn, filled with a renewed sense of possibility when she witnessed a misfit cat named Stinky reinvent himself as Prince Volgar of Budapest. This is a strange and wonderful book.. A hilarious renouned master of observation comments on the way we live with the help of cats Bruce Eric Kaplan captures the silly and absurd language of humans and places it in the mouths of c
"A flawed perspective" according to Holly Wade. I think the author has a flawed perspective with cats. While some of the entries in this collection were slightly amusing, most portray kitties as vain, decadant and self absorbed, with few redeeming qualities. This was not the fun read I had hoped it would be.. Brilliance Personified Cara D DiPaolo This book is a literary masterpiece. If I could have one wish, it would be to meet Bruce Eric Kaplan and shake his hand. He has taken the art of animals "speaking" and really made them say "something." A lot of times I'll look at my cat and think she's trying to tell me stuff, like that she loves me or that it's time to change her litter. (But I can't understand her, because she's a cat.) Bruce, however, has used these piercingly perceptive creatures to voice the inner truths, anxieti. a great treat for insiders Clea Simon This is a great book for people who truly love cats -- in other words, it's a series of marvelous sketches that reveal the rich, interior lives that these intelligent creatures may possibly have no, it's not for children, but for adults who like their humor with a touch of wry, this is grand fun.
The New York Sun In its portrayal of common housecats struggling through existential crises and moments of catharsis, The Cat That Changed My Life is hysterical in that way that makes you want to pick up the phone and read along (through gasps for air) to a friend. -- Review
He lives in Los Angeles, where he has written for such television shows as SEINFLED and SIX FEET UNDER. . Bruce Eric Kaplan has contributed more than four hundred cartoons to The New Yorker, many of which were collected in his first book, NO ONE YOU KNOW