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The first-ever U.S. edition of this delightful gem based on a letter Joyce wrote to his grandson, revealing the modernist master’s playful side—filled with one-of-a-kind illustrations—the perfect gift for Joyce fans and cat lovers alike.
The Cats of Copenhagen was first written for James Joyce’s most beloved audience, his only grandson, Stephen James Joyce, and sent in a letter dated September 5, 1936. Cats were clearly a common currency between Joyce and his grandson. In early August 1936, Joyce sent Stephen “a little cat filled with sweets”—a kind of Trojan cat meant to outwit grown-ups. A few weeks later, Joyce penned a letter from Copenhagen that begins “Alas! I cannot send you a Copenhagen cat because there are no cats in Copenhagen.” The letter reveals the modernist master at his most playful, yet Joyce’s Copenhagen has a keen, anti-authoritarian quality that transcends the mere whimsy of a children’s story. Only recently rediscovered, this marks the inaugural U.S. publication of The Cats of Copenhagen, a treasure for readers of all ages. A rare addition to Joyce’s known body of work, it is a joy to see this exquisite story in print at last.
- Sales Rank: #1591578 in eBooks
- Published on: 2012-10-16
- Released on: 2012-10-16
- Format: Kindle eBook
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"Delightfully antique." (USA Today)
About the Author
James Joyce [1882-1941] is best known for his experimental use of language and his exploration of new literary methods. His subtle yet frank portrayal of human nature, coupled with his mastery of language, made him one of the most influential novelists of the 20th century. Joyce’s use of “stream-of-consciousness” reveals the flow of impressions, half thoughts, associations, hesitations, impulses, as well as the rational thoughts of his characters. The main strength of his masterpiece novel, Ulysses (1922) lies in the depth of character portrayed using this technique. Joyce’s other major works include Dubliners, a collection of short stories that portray his native city, a semi-autobiographical novel called A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man (1916), and Finnegan’s Wake (1939).
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23 of 26 people found the following review helpful.
The Cats of Copenhagen
By ABH
The Cats of Copenhagen is Joyce at his most Swiftian. Read in this light, one imagines Joyce in Copenhagen as akin to the voyager Gulliver in the land of the (rational, intelligent) Houyhnhnms and the (slothful) Yahoos. In this tiny text written in 1936, Joyce comments on fascism, even in its guise as communism, with the `red boys' carrying out the orders of the Politburo. Against the tyranny of self-seeking bureaucracy Joyce counterpoints natural simplicity, openness and rationality-a contemporary lesson appreciable to an adult and child reader. The first edition was published by Ithys Press of Dublin, Ireland in early 2012 and is handset and letterpress printed by Michael Caine in an gorgeous array of early 20th century typefaces and is illustrated with Casey Sorrow's weird and wonderful pen-and-ink drawings. The Scribner/Simon&Schuster edition (Oct 2012) is an attractive small-format trade hardcover, published by arrangement with Ithys Press, featuring the same typography and illustrations, plus two new drawings for the dustjacket.
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Cats of Copenhagen
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful.
A dubious addition to the Joyce canon
By Cal Engime
The publisher would have us consider this a hitherto unknown "story" by Joyce, but the designation is a bit of a stretch. We are told it was discovered in a 1936 letter from Joyce to his grandson, but the text, while amusing, doesn't read like anything other than an excerpt from a letter; it seems highly unlikely that Joyce envisioned this as a standalone literary work. Since the text is in the public domain, I reproduce it here in full for your consideration:
Alas! I cannot send you a Copenhagen cat because there are no cats in Copenhagen.
There are lots & lots of fish and bicycles but there are no cats.
Also there are no policemen.
All the Danish policemen pass the day at home in bed.
They smoke big Danish cigars and drink buttermilk all day long.
There are lots and lots of young boys dressed in red on bicycles going around all day with telegrams and letters and postcards.
These are all for the policemen from old ladies who want to cross the road and boys who are writing home for more sweets and girls who want to know something about the moon.
The policemen read them all in bed, smoking all the time and drinking buttermilk.
And then they give their orders and the red boys go back and tell everybody just what to do.
When I come to Copenhagen again I will bring a cat and show the Danes how it can cross the road without any instructions from a policeman and it will be much cheaper (think of that!) for a cat to show them what to do.
Just fancy a cat staying in bed all day smoking cigars!
And as for buttermilk! No cat would drink it at all.
And then there is such a lot of fish for them.
What do you think of this?
What do you think of this indeed. Is this, as the preface insists, a "twin sister to The Cat and the Devil"? Is it really, as claimed on the copyright page, "a work of fiction"?
But if you do want this text, I suggest waiting for another publisher to bring out a competing edition; this one is marred by the ridiculous type design by Michael Caine. (No, not THAT Michael Caine.) You may be thinking, "oh, is this nerd going to complain about the copyright notice being set in Arial instead of Helvetica?" But if you could see the book, you would understand completely.
Caine's type design tramples over Joyce's writing, hindering reading and imposing new moods and rhythms on the text. Taking an approach he describes as "almost gratuitous" (a great understatement), Caine switches between many different decorative typefaces (as Caine describes them, "borderline and over the line kitsch") in every sentence, often within an individual word, with a letter printed upside down or sideways here and there for effect. (Caine explains one such choice thus: "A page that took on a life of its own is page 2 where I laid a beautiful and rather long ‘allungati inglese’ on its side after the word ‘bicycles’ so that it seemed to be a symbol denoting that the bicycle had lost perspective and careered out of control, across the page.")
Type is not supposed to have "a life of its own", any more than a frame should be independent of its picture. Type is supposed to complement and support the text. It should be the single drop of spring water added to a glass of fine whisky to open up its own flavours; James Joyce in Caine's type design is a glass of Connemara mixed with Diet Coke and orange juice and dyed electric blue.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
Favorite book!
By Amazon Customer
I bought this book for my grandchildren ages 5 and 2. It immediately became their favorite bringing lots of giggles, laughter and smiles! What a treasure for children of all ages!
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