num_pages: 498
description: Cat's Eye is the story of Elaine Risley, a controversial painter who returns to Toronto, the city of her youth, for a retrospective of her art. Engulfed by vivid images of the past, she reminisces about a trio of girls who initiated her into the fierce politics of childhood and its secret world of friendship, longing, and betrayal. Elaine must come to terms with her own identity as a daughter, a lover, and artist, and woman - but above all she must seek release from her haunting memories. Disturbing, hilarious, and compassionate, Cat's Eye, is a breathtaking novel of a woman grappling with the tangled knots of her life.
language: English
title: Cat's Eye
titlecomplete: Cat's Eye
genres: Fiction, Coming Of Age, Canada, Literature, Adult, Classics, Novels, Contemporary, Feminism, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 66984
places: Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Ontario
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Booker Prize
publisher: Virago Press