Oddly enough, this morning after posting this photograph I read a very good short story on the New Yorker website, Haruki Murakami's "The Town of Cats," and want to recommnd it. I love Murakami's uniquely deadpan style, which reminds me a bit of J.D. Salinger, and his odd plots which -- like many of those Russian short stories -- are actually full of insights into human behavior.
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August 31, 2011
I was just in the mood for a little Pushkin...
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Kitteh! So cute.
Posted by: NT | August 31, 2011 at 09:19 AM
"The Town of Cats," sounds interesting. I love cats.
You have had many good and interesting posts......
Posted by: magnolia | August 31, 2011 at 09:57 AM
How can she keep all those names straight?
;-)
Posted by: Teresa | August 31, 2011 at 11:37 AM
Aaaah...beautiful book-loving feline. I'm getting dangerously attached to my visitor-cat Pushkin and miss him when he doesn't appear. Must do something to break this dependence!
Posted by: Natalie | August 31, 2011 at 01:25 PM
Murakami also has an interesting book on running "What I talk about when I talk about running' which is dedicated,inter alia,"to all the runners I've encountered on the road- those I've passed,and those who've passed me" Russian short stories maybe would good after the daunting look of the two Tolstoy books at the end of the shelf
Posted by: john | August 31, 2011 at 02:11 PM
Started out GROANING appropriately at the pun and then read the story. Whew! Cross Borges with Chekov ...
Posted by: Vivian | August 31, 2011 at 08:52 PM
Great ear expression!
Posted by: marly youmans | September 01, 2011 at 12:00 PM
What is her opinion of Norman Mailer?
Posted by: Hattie | September 01, 2011 at 07:07 PM
Natalie, there is only one solution to that problem. Get a cat of your own!
John, that's one Murakami I haven't read. And if you haven't read Anna Karenina or War and Peace, you should -- the length ceases to be a problem once you get into the stories, they are both terrific books. Maybe not for a cat, though!
Yes, Vivian, exactly...
Hattie, I was wondering the same thing -- and wondering if anyone else would notice!
This morning I saw she'd tossed The Gulag Archipelago onto the floor...
Posted by: Beth | September 02, 2011 at 02:58 PM
Beth, I'm not getting a cat! No way will I commit to cat-hairs stuck to my clothes and everything, not to mention all that business with cat-litter. This is only a part-time-relationship, I swear
Posted by: Natalie | September 02, 2011 at 03:17 PM