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Lost Cat: A Memoir
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
Lost Cat: A Memoir
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Mary Gaitskill
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:96 | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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Category/Genre | Memoirs Literary essays |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781911547808
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Classifications | Dewey:814.6 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Daunt Books
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Imprint |
Daunt Books
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Publication Date |
5 November 2020 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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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.
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