On Cats is available from Amazon in a variety of formats. Of course, I was delighted when I realized that Lessing was a cat lover. I discovered Doris Lessing’s novels in the 1980’s and I did what I tend to do when I like an author: I read everything they ever wrote. 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. 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. She tells their stories-their exploits, rivalries, terrors, affections, ancient gestures, and learned behaviors-with vivid simplicity. 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.
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