On cats
By: Doris Lessing
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Harper
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9780061672248
Subjects: Cats; Popular works; Anecdotes; Women cat owners; Fiction
Other titles: Particularly cats.; Rufus the survivor.; Old age of El Magnifico.
Description: "On Cats is a celebrated classic, a memoir in which we meet the cats that have slunk and bullied and charmed their way into Doris Lessing's life. She tells their stories-their exploits, rivalries, terrors, affections, ancient gestures, and learned behaviors-with vivid simplicity. And she tells the story of herself in relation to cats: the way animals affect her and she them, and the communication that grows possible between them-a language of gesture and mood and desire as eloquent as the spoken word. No other writer conveys so truthfully the real interdependence of humans and cats or convinces us with such stunning recognition of the reasons why cats really matter" -- inside cover.
Notes: "Particularly cats first published by Grafton Books, 1967; Particularly cats and Rufus the survivor first published in one volume by Michael Joseph, 1989; The old age of El Magnifico first published by Flamingo, 2000." --T.p. verso.

"First published in Great Britain in 2002 by Flamingo." --T.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: Particularly cats; title: Rufus the survivor; title: The old age of El Magnifico.