Invisible kitties : a feline study of fluid mechanics or the spurious incidents of the cats in the night-time

Invisible kitties A feline study of fluid mechanics or the spurious incidents of the cats in the night-time

Youyou Yu, 1990-

Book - 2024

"In this whimsical and inventive debut-perfect for fans of The Guest Cat and Calvino's Invisible Cities-a young couple's daily life is disrupted by their newly adopted cat, who soon initiates them into the wondrous world of felines. Equal parts magical and humorous, Invisible Kitties tells the story of a young couple that one day accidentally comes into possession of a delightful, playful kitten. Bright eyed and bushy tailed, this new companion, aptly named Cat, upturns the routine of the narrator and her husband in their cramped apartment, and soon they find their existence forever altered as they gradually gain insight into the fantastical world of cats. Every cat contains multitudes... Charting the couple's ever-evolv...ing relationship with cats -some they live with, others who exist solely in their imagination- Invisible Kitties introduces us to a coterie of extraordinary, physics-defying, death-defying cats. They drop from the sky, they grow from the soil, they transmute. They fly, flow, and evaporate. The young couple's everyday life, often eclipsed by the drama of cats, offers a gentle glimpse of how joy can suddenly sneak into our lives. Composed of sixty chapters written in Yu Yoyo's elegant and witty style and complemented by the author's own illustrations- Invisible Kitties is a celebration of ordinary life and the felines we love, deftly playing with the invisible boundaries between reality and imagination. Translated from the Chinese by Jeremy Tiang"--

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Subjects
Short stories.
Genres
Short stories
Published
New York : HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024.
Language
English
Chinese
Main Author
Youyou Yu, 1990- (author)
Other Authors
Jeremy Tiang (translator)
Edition
First HarperVia edition
Physical Description
pages ; cm
ISBN
9780063336223
Contents unavailable.
Review by Booklist Review

Chinese poet Yu's fiction debut is utterly charming, particularly so for cat-lovers, who might argue that every bit of magic here is absolutely true. Awardwinning translator Tiang ensures smooth, playful anglophone access. During 60 pithy chapters--not unlike bursts of irresistible energy--Yu interprets endless kitty antics while her whimsical black-and-white sketches enhance every chapter, with every page framed in inviting pawprints. Ten thousand cats rain out of the sky. Dreams of an elusive kitty inspire the narrator to seek out cats while awake, suddenly noticing them "everywhere." Next, she's "pondering and pondering every second of the day" the question, "Why didn't I have a cat?" Then she happens upon a "delicate little kitten, which she hugs as she runs home." "All of this happened with such inevitability that I didn't find it odd, and nor did Husband . . . It was as if Cat had always been there." A forever symbiosis follows as they are all linked to each other for all nine lives; training for humans will include amorphous cat shapes, sticky catkins, unpredictable cat tails, unstoppable cat carnage (of plants), and incurable Cat Virus. Perfect balance is achieved when the trio wondrously (albeit rather messily) becomes four, "two people, two cats . . . exactly the right number, depending on one another." Happily-ever-after abounds

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