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Ursula K. Le Guin's Book of Cats

作者:Le Guin, Ursula K.

出版社:Penguin USA

出版日期:2025.10.15

ISBN:9781598538298

書號:20331610

裝訂:精裝

定價:$595

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🐱Cat people must read!!!
🐱貓奴必收!
 
美國傳奇科幻與奇幻大師娥蘇拉.勒瑰恩(Ursula K. Le Guin)是個不折不扣的貓奴,她對貓深深著迷,被牠們以及牠們獨有的「貓性」吸引、陶醉,並且總是樂在其中。在她眼中,貓同時難以捉摸又滑稽可笑,神秘又瘋癲淘氣。正如她所說:「貓的存在,讓我始終與非人世界中的神祕、非理性、美,以及那種頑強的野性保持連結。」
 
𝙐𝙧𝙨𝙪𝙡𝙖 𝙆. 𝙇𝙚 𝙂𝙪𝙞𝙣'𝙨 𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙖𝙩𝙨 收錄勒瑰恩獻給貓咪的詩作、隨筆與插畫,包含勒瑰恩在1982年以筆名出版的 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘶,探討貓咪展現的禪意、二十多首關於貓的詩,以及她與女兒 Elizabeth 家中貓咪之間的一系列書信,幽默揭露貓咪心理學的內在運作。本書也收錄新近整理的傳記註解,細數了勒瑰恩生命中曾陪伴在她左右的貓咪們。
 
THE PURR-FECT GIFT FOR CAT LOVERS: Discover the literary legend’s quirky and winsome cat poems, meditations, and drawings
Includes the hard-to-find The Art of Bunditsu, plus 30+ other delights from a lifetime of reflection on the mystery and magic of cats
 
“The presence of a cat keeps me in touch with the mystery, the unreasonableness, the beauty, the stubborn wildness of the nonhuman world.” In her life as in her art, Ursula K. Le Guin was fascinated by the feline. This irresistable book about cats gathers poems, meditations, and drawings dedicated to the complicated creature that captured her imagination. Here are:
 
The Art of Bunditsu, Le Guin’s hard-to-find “tabbist” meditation on the arranging of cats
26 cat poems, many illustrated by Le Guin herself
The Historic First Issue! of Le Guin’s one-of-a-kind cat comic book, Supermouse Comix! 
Cat Correspondence: letters between Le Guin’s cat and those of her daughter detailing the Five Deliberations that cats spend their lives studying
Cat Tai Chi, as depicted in a charming series of drawings
 
A first-of-its-kind collection from a science fiction legend, this delightful purr-purri is a gift for cat lovers and Le Guin fans!
作者介紹
Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018) was the celebrated author of twenty-three novels, twelve volumes of short stories, eleven volumes of poetry, thirteen children’s books, five essay collections, and four works of translation. Her acclaimed books received the Hugo, Nebula, Endeavor, Locus, Otherwise, Theodore Sturgeon, PEN/Malamud, and National Book Awards; a Newbery Honor; and the Pushcart and Janet Heidinger Kafka Prizes, among others. In 2014, she was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and in 2016 joined the short list of authors to be published in their lifetimes by the Library of America. Le Guin was also the recipient of the Association for Library Service to Children’s May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award and the Margaret A. Edwards Award. She received lifetime achievement awards from the World Fantasy Convention, Los Angeles Times, Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association, and Willamette Writers, as well as the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Grand Master Award and the Library of Congress Living Legend Award. Her website is UrsulaKLeGuin.com.