[note: I read this in the original French as it is not yet available in translation]
a nutshell: at times hilariously melodramatic and perfectly ‘feline’, this diary of a five-year-old Siamese cat will have many familiar scenes for cat lovers such as myself
a line: “this is my philosophy: Patience, virtue of cats”
an image: Frei renders even the simplest of acts beautifully, such as when joy gives Maya the wings to jump and land heavily on the sink
a thought: I thoroughly enjoyed reading these observations from a cat’s perspective – particularly the comment on how humans possess the art of complicating their lives (if only we took a leaf out of our cat’s book!)
a fact: Frei is the first Comorian woman to have written a novel, and has also written poetry
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