{"product_id":"a-cat-isbn-9781947793071","title":"A Cat","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhile the mystery of the cat can never ultimately be defined, Michaels comes as close as possible to revealing its essence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eA cat is content to be a cat. A cat is not owned by anybody. A cat imagines things about you, nothing you can know for sure. A cat reminds us that much in this world remains unknown.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his novels, stories, and essays, Leonard Michaels proved himself to be one of the most incisive observers of human behavior, but few know that he was every bit as perspicacious a chronicler of America’s favorite pet: the domestic cat. Elusive, elegant, and often humorous—much like his subject—Michaels gives us this unfathomable animal as we have never quite seen it before, and yet as we have always known it to be. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough a series of meditations, aphorisms, and anecdotes, along with original illustrations from Frances Lerner, \u003ci\u003eA Cat\u003c\/i\u003e is a both a compendium of feline behavior and a love letter to this marvelous creature.My cat neatly settled herself on top of my copy of this book, indifferent to its many charms and keen observations. Typical.—Stephen Spark, Point Reyes Bookstore\u003cb\u003eLeonard Michaels \u003c\/b\u003e(1933–2003) was the author of \u003ci\u003eGoing Places, I Would Have Saved Them If I Could, Sylvia, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Men's Club,\u003c\/i\u003e among other books. \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSigrid Nunez\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Friend\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSalvation City\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Last of Her Kind\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Feather on the Breath of God\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFor Rouenna\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eSempre Susan: A Memoir of Susan Sontag\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been the recipient of several awards, including a Whiting Award, the Rome Prize in Literature, and a Berlin Prize Fellowship. Nunez lives in New York City.","brand":"Tin House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48232873951461,"sku":"NP9781947793071","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781947793071.jpg?v=1767720336","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/a-cat-isbn-9781947793071","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}