书目

On Cats

内容简介

AcollectionofDorisLessing’scharmingandcelebratedwritingsaboutcats.DorisLessing’sloveaffairwithcatsbeganatayoungage,whenshebecameintriguedwiththesemi-feralcreaturesontheAfricanfarmwhereshegrewup.HerfascinationremainedundiminishedbythehandsomedomesticatedcreatureswhosharedherflatsandherlifeinLondonandgrewintoreallovewithElMagnifico,theawkwardlylovablecatwhoinhislateryearssufferedthegreatindignityofbecomingathree-leggedbeast.ConsistingofDorisLessing’scelebratedcollectionofstories,‘ParticularlyCatsandRufus’,andthepoignantthoughunsentimentalmemoir,‘TheOldAgeofElMagnifico’,thisbookisabrilliantevocationoffelineexistence.

作者简介

DorisLessingisoneofthemostimportantwritersofthesecondhalfofthetwentiethcentury.Herfirstnovel,‘TheGrassisSinging’waspublishedin1950,andsincethenherinternationalreputationhasflourished.Amongherothercelebratednovelsare‘TheGoldenNotebook’,‘TheSummerBeforetheDark’,and‘MemoirsofaSurvivor’.Hermostrecentworksinclude‘Love,Again’andtwovolumesofherautobiography,‘UndermySkin’,and‘WalkingintheShade’.

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