A Tale of Two Lions
"My Dear Sister, I'm writing to warn you: Cattino--the cat who is soon to arrive at your house with my wife--is really a lion," laments Count Lorenzaccio. Cunningly disguised as a housecat, Cattino is at home among the villas of the Italian gentry and has stolen the contessa's heart. Meanwhile, in Nairobi, the dysfunctional Jeremiah is hired to don pith helmet and riding crop as a costumed museum guard. His ward? A stuffed lion named Pasha. But with his transfixing eyes and glare of "golden, liquid savagery," Pasha soon reveals himself as a regal animal indeed, rousing himself and escaping into the night.
Ignacio Padilla declared this mischievous little novel to be "the best Mexican literary work I have read in recent years . . . [it] heralds a pen capable of that rarest of privileges in our letters: attaining the comic and profoundly human through a perfect simplicity."
Ignacio Padilla declared this mischievous little novel to be "the best Mexican literary work I have read in recent years . . . [it] heralds a pen capable of that rarest of privileges in our letters: attaining the comic and profoundly human through a perfect simplicity."
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0393329364
ISBN13:9780393329360
Release Date:January 2007
Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company
Length:128 Pages
Weight:0.60 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.6" x 8.3"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Fun Little Book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
A Tale of Two Lions. Anyone who likes cats both large and small will enjoy this book. The Big Kitties are very personable.
A Breath of Fresh Air
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
This "simple" novel is a breath of fresh air. True literary strength as Roberto Ransom weaves an intriguing tale by mixing two strangely linked "lions." The novel will have you strangely uncomfortable in the skin of neurotic Lorenzenaccio and laughing out loud at story of Jeremiah and Pasha. A fast read but one that leaves you thinking.
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