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In his introduction to this mostly delightful anthology, Antaeus editor Halpern stresses that cats are not unattached, independent creatures. Yet while many of these stories, poems and essays by 99 literary figures dispel misconceptions of the cat as aloof and uncommunicative, a surprising number of selections (by Faulkner, Rilke, Maupassant and others) propagate those same myths. Among the stories, standouts are Chekhov's tale about the impossibility of forcing a cat to do something against its wishes, P. G. Wodehouse's humorous portrayal of a ``cat-pecked'' artist, Ambrose Bierce's witty fables on cats transcending human expectations and pieces by Twain, Hemingway, Saki and James Herriot. Poetry selections include classics by Christopher Smart, Edward Lear and Vachel Lindsay as well as modern verse by Ted Hughes, John Updike and others for whom the cat is a touchstone teaching us how to achieve equilibrium, how to live. The weakest section, ``Contemporary Storytellers on Cats,'' includes sketches and stories by co-editor Oates, Alice Adams and Francine Prose. The volume ends on a sour note with Roy Blount Jr.'s wrongheaded, ill-informed comparison of cats and dogs (``A cat can't smile''; ``cats are less demanding emotionally ''). BOMC and QPB selections. (Nov.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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The quality of this wonderfully eclectic and inclusive collection of prose and poetry concerning Felis catus is assured by the literary reputations of its two compilers, Oates and Halpern. Their selections represent nearly 100 mostly well known writers, European and American, from all periods of history. The prose masters range from Aesop and Herodotus to Chekhov and Poe, from Saki and Balzac to Kip~ling, Hemingway, and Ursula Le Guin. The poetic view of cats is equally impressive, moving from that of Christopher Smart and the Romantic poets Keats and Shelley to that of Emily Dickinson, T. S. Eliot, and such contemporaries as Ted Hughes and Howard Moss. (Oates and Halpern have allowed themselves a brief preface and one selection each.) A superior feline festschrift for the lasting enjoyment of cat lovers. ~--Barbara Duree