The author no longer is not quite like other author; this is primarily a poet! Great Poetry Prize of the French Academy for his body of work and Goncourt Prize of Poetry in 2007, this book it has also earned him an award from the Foundation 30 Million Damis. As Marc Alyn says himself, "he wanted to walk his poetic look at the cat in all its forms, through the letters, arts and popular legends."
Raised to the rank of god in ancient Egypt because the night, his eyes reflect light, symbolizing the power of the Egyptian Sun God - the cat is at The reverse, the incarnation of evil WHEN IT adorns dune black fur. In Europe in the twelfth century, owning a black cat made you run the risk BE accused of witchcraft, because it was thought that the cat walking alongside the witches was actually an envoy of the devil or the devil himself! Superstitions related to black cats remain, unfortunately, and many animal protection associations indicate that today still, black cats are adopted less than others.
When I say "poetry" that nest of course not only to the author wrote, but his pen is all lightness and delicacy; a gentle breeze sweeps his poetic narrative, from beginning to end.
An ode to the love of cats, which gives an irresistible urge to grab a notebook and dy copy the best excerpts: those dune absolute poetic flight or those, more simply, that we evoke our own stories of love with cats that share our home ! The author depicts golden eyes that shine like suns in the night and I see my beautiful Carthusian Fifty and his look in gold nuggets. It provides lesquisse black cats and their mystery; I can not help but think when Tisha, my cat to Debene dress, which I would unlock the secrets. And as other evocations, according to the pages, send me back to my happy days surrounded by cats, anecdotes and blows of heart that they moffrent I wish you much, through this pretty reading!
I give you a few sentences that Mount affected and in which I found a little of each of my cats:
"The cat is the luxury of the poor; could hold the most rewarding for safe havens: the heart of gold investment. "
"Do not wake the cat who thinks, because it is his earthly function to light the way angels between here and the hereafter. "
Not at all addressed an audience of young readers, this book full of sweetness tinged humor of a loaded dérudition, calls for some knowledge dauteurs classic material and general culture, to grasp the subtleties den. It will appeal undoubtedly the French literature enthusiasts, who will discover in a different light the big names such quHoffmann pen or Colette, Chateaubriand and many others, who were all big cat lovers!
