On Cats Scarves and Ties

On Cats Scarves and TiesWith an introduction by Margaret Atwood and photographs by Elliot Ross In these pages, writers reflect on the curious feline qualities that inspire such devotion in their owners, even when it seems one sided. Cats affections are hard won and often fickle. Freud considered his cat an embodiment of true egoism; Hilaire Belloc found peace in his feline companions complacency; and Hemingwaya famous cat loverwrote of drinking with his eleven cats and the

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