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Lost Cat: A Memoir

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Lost Cat: A Memoir
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Mary Gaitskill
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:96
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreMemoirs
Literary essays
ISBN/Barcode 9781911547808
ClassificationsDewey:814.6
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Daunt Books
Imprint Daunt Books
Publication Date 5 November 2020
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

So begins Mary Gaitskill's stunning long essay, the closest thing she has written to a memoir, about a lost cat and a pair of adopted children. In this searing piece about loss, love, safety and fear, Gaitskill applies her razor-sharp writing to her most personal subjects yet.

Author Biography

Mary Gaitskill is the author of the story collections Bad Behavior, Because They Wanted To (nominated for the PEN/ Faulkner Award), and Don't Cry, the novels The Mare, Veronica (nominated for the National Book Award), and Two Girls, Fat and Thin, and a collection of essays, Somebody With A Little Hammer. Her stories and essays have appeared in the New Yorker, Harper's, Artforum, and Granta, among many other journals, as well as in The Best American Short Stories and The O. Henry Prize Stories.