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Freitag, 14. September 2018

10 Famous Authors and Their Cats / Alison Nastasi. In: Publishers Weekly Sep 13, 2018

The feline mystique has captivated people for centuries. After publishing my first book Artists and Their Cats in 2015, I wanted to continue exploring the link between creativity and cats. Being an artist and writer, myself, I knew researching the history of writers and their feline companions was an essential piece of the puzzle. The entries in Writers and Their Cats offers insight into each author's unique personality, habits, and quirks. Like artists, writers seem drawn to cats as pets based on a mutual respect and an inherent understanding of their complexities, independent nature, and ambiguous allure. It's a creative dream team. For writers, there is also the cat's ability to help bring to life the inner language of the subconscious on the page. The feline muse becomes a silent—and sometimes mewling—collaborator, inspiring the primal power of connection that storytelling provides, allowing us to better understand ourselves and world around us. Also, there's simply nothing better than a sleepy cat curled up on your lap (or laptop) as you write late into the night. There are no smug looks when you stare at a blank page for hours and no congrats when you finish a manuscript, but as Burroughs wrote: "The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself."

Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami is a jazz aficionado and owns a floor-to-ceiling vinyl collection that would make any music lover jealous. In the 1970s, Murakami first shared his obsession for music by opening the Tokyo jazz club Peter Cat, named after one of his pets. The Norwegian Wood author wrote his first two novels there, Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973. Cats are featured in the early books as they always are in Murakami's stories—elliptical symbols that slink in and out of his character's lives.
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Doris Lessing
British Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing wrote of her affection for cats many times, but she felt a particular affinity for her pet El Magnifico. "He was such a clever cat," she remarked to the Wall Street Journal in 2008. "We used to have sessions when we tried to be on each other’s level. He knew we were trying. When push came to shove, though, the communication was pretty limited." ... [mehr] https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/tip-sheet/article/77982-10-authors-and-their-cats.html

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