The Cat's Table

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A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK "Mesmerizing As he did in his great növel, The English Patient, Ondaatje conjures images that puli strangers into the vivid rooms of his imagination, their detail illumined by his words." -The New York Times Book Review In the early 1950s, an eleven-year-old boy in Colombo boards a ship bound tor England. At mealtimes he is seated atthe "cat's table"- as far from the captain's table as can be-with a ragtag group of "insignificant" adults and two other boys, Cassius and Ramadhin. As the ship crosses the Indián Ocean, the boys tumble from one adventure to another, bursting all overthe place like freed mercury. But there are other diversions as well: they are first exposed to the worlds of jazz, women, and literature by their eccentric fellow travelers, and togetherthey spy on a shackled prisoner, his crime and fate a galvanizing mystery thatwill hauntthem forever. By tums poignant and electrifying, The Cat's Table is a spellbinding story about the... Tovább

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A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK "Mesmerizing As he did in his great növel, The English Patient, Ondaatje conjures images that puli strangers into the vivid rooms of his imagination, their detail illumined by his words." -The New York Times Book Review In the early 1950s, an eleven-year-old boy in Colombo boards a ship bound tor England. At mealtimes he is seated atthe "cat's table"- as far from the captain's table as can be-with a ragtag group of "insignificant" adults and two other boys, Cassius and Ramadhin. As the ship crosses the Indián Ocean, the boys tumble from one adventure to another, bursting all overthe place like freed mercury. But there are other diversions as well: they are first exposed to the worlds of jazz, women, and literature by their eccentric fellow travelers, and togetherthey spy on a shackled prisoner, his crime and fate a galvanizing mystery thatwill hauntthem forever. By tums poignant and electrifying, The Cat's Table is a spellbinding story about the dazzling, often forbidden discoveries of childhood, and a lifelong journey that begins unexpectedly with a spectacular sea voyage. "Lithe and quietly profound: a tale about the magic of adolescence and the passing strangers who help tip us into adulthood in ways we don't become aware of until much later." -The Washington Post "Enthralling and poignant A captivating reminde t it can take decades to comprehend the past, let l_____ &w manc amends with it." -The Seattle Times Vissza