Invisible Kitties: Discover this magical debut, the perfect gift for cat-lovers
Yu Yoyo's debut opens with a deceptively simple premise: a young couple, a cramped flat, and one uninvited kitten. What follows is something far stranger and more affecting than that set-up suggests. The arrival of their small, sprawling houseguest nudges the pair's carefully ordered routine sideways, then keeps nudging, until the life they once knew feels like a different story entirely. Fans of The Guest Cat or If Cats Disappeared from the World will find themselves on familiar emotional ground here, though Yoyo's voice is distinctly her own. Funny, quiet, and occasionally surreal, the writing captures how cats occupy a space that is somehow physical and imaginary at once. Some of the felines in these pages are real; others exist only in the couple's minds. The boundary between the two grows pleasingly blurred. At its heart, this is a book about attentiveness, about noticing the small, odd, tender details that fill an ordinary day. Cats just happen to be the ideal lens for that kind of looking. It's a slim, unhurried read, but it lingers in the way that only genuinely observed writing can.
- Author: Yu Yoyo
- Publisher: Fourth Estate Ltd
- Genre: Pet Care & Training
- ISBN: 978-0008719302
- Pages: 256 pages