Another Insane Devotion: On the Love of Cats and Persons
By Peter Trachtenberg
Read by Joe Geoffrey
Unabridged
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3 Formats: Library CD
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ISBN: 9798200630707
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ISBN: 9798200630691
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ISBN: 9798200630714
| Runtime: | 7.03 Hours |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Family & Relationships |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
From “a genuine American Dostoevsky” (The Washington Post): a dazzling, funny, bittersweet exploration of the mysteries of relationship, both human and animal. When his favorite cat Biscuit goes missing, Peter Trachtenberg sets out to find her. The journey takes him 700 miles and many years into his past-- into the history of his relationships with cats and the history of his relationship with his wife F., who may herself be on the verge of disappearing. What ensues is a work that recalls travel narratives from The Incredible Journey to W. G. Sebald’s The Rings of Saturn. Trachtenberg ponders the mysteries of feline intelligence (why do cats score worse on some tests than pigeons?), the origins of their domestication, their terrible treatment during the Middle Ages. He also looks at the riddle of why any of us loves whom we love and all the unforeseen places to which that devotion leads us.Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“Not many things are better than a kitten, but a book like this comes close.” —New York Times Book Review
“This is surely the best book written about what it means to love cats, and to wonder if they love you, since Carl Van Vechten’s The Tiger in the House.” —Chicago Tribune
“[A] meditation on the meaning(s) of love…Trachtenberg’s lyric writing keeps the reader interested…making for a memoir that reads like a compelling work of fiction.” —Booklist
“Absolutely riveting.” —Eileen Myles, author of Cool for You and Inferno
“Peter Trachtenberg is such a wonderful writer, and this book is so damn good.” —Nick Flynn, Another Bullshit Night in Suck City
“Another Insane Devotion is a discursive essay on personal growth, a public exercise in private exorcism, and a collection of notes toward a philosophy of love.” —Slate
“[A] wide-ranging memoir.” —More
“Another Insane Devotion—about love, sex, marriage and especially cats—is a hallmark of brainy discursiveness.” —New York Times Style
“[A] deeply philosophical, highly readable memoir…This book is like no other, and a very good one.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune
“The season’s most eccentric book…You’ll have many smiles and a few tears while reading…The book, in all its richness and humor,…tells us about loving a cat, loving a human being, and where those loves can take us.” —Hudson Valley News
“[Trachtenberg] writes eloquently, insightfully, and often humorously.”
—Tampa Bay Times
“A fine memoir…Powerful and evocative…This may begin in the pet section but its message moves far beyond.” —Midwest Book Review
“Trachtenberg’s journey proves entertaining and enlightening.” —Publishers Weekly
Author
Author Bio: Peter Trachtenberg
Peter Trachtenberg is the author of the memoir 7 Tattoos and The Book of Calamaties: Five Questions About Suffering and Its Meaning. His writing has been published in the New Yorker, Harper’s, BOMB, TriQuarterly, and O, The Oprah Magazine, among many others. His commentaries have been broadcast on NPR’s All Things Considered. The recipient of a Whiting Writers Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Trachtenburg was also honored for The Book of Calamities, for which he received the 2009 Phi Beta Kappa Ralph Waldo Emerson Award.
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| Available Formats : | CD, Library CD, MP3 CD |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Family & Relationships |
| Runtime: | 7.03 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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