Description: The Cat’s Table, by Michael Ondaatje. First US Edition, First Printing. 2011. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 269 pp. Deckled Fore Edge. 8vo. Grey paper boards with black gilt-stamped spine. Set in 1954, The Cat’s Table is a wistful picaresque about an eleven-year-old boy’s journey on board a ship sailing from Columbo, Ceylon (the island now known as Sri Lanka) to England. This largely autobiographical novel is also Ondaatje’s most accessible work, as he ditches the impressionistic style of his earlier novels and uses the classic coming-of-age and sea adventure formats to tell the story of a young man discovering sexuality, crime, and the secret, inner lives of adults as he moves closer and closer to the future from which he’ll recount this bittersweet memory. It’s a lovely book about growing up and growing old, written for adults, and perfect for fans of Jhumpa Lahiri, Mark Twain, and Vladimir Nabokov. A near fine book, with a clean, bright interior, with a fine unclipped dust jacket protected in a mylar cover.
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Signed: No
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Fiction
Original Language: English
Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults, Ages 9-12
Inscribed: No
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Vintage: No
Type: Novel
Era: 2010s
Personalized: No
Features: Dust Jacket, First Edition, First Printing, Mylar Cover, Unread, As New, Award Winning, Collectible
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Book Title: Cat's Table
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Topic: Cultural Heritage, Literary, Coming of Age, Sea Stories
Item Height: 1 in
Publication Year: 2011
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 15.6 Oz
Item Length: 8.7 in
Author: Michael Ondaatje
Item Width: 5.9 in
Format: Hardcover
