Poetry. This is a bilingual (English-Persian) collection of poems about cats by Stanley H. Barkan, translated into Persian by Sepideh Zamani and edited by Joan and John Digby. "I have always loved cats. I ve been called The Catman of Merrick. Two of my cats were housecats: Pyewacket, an all black cat, my familiar, who was hit-and-run killed by a wild teenager (I'm told by a witness), but, in my way of thinking, was taken in place of my daughter, who was in the hospital for three operations regarding her having four kidneys, ...
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Poetry. This is a bilingual (English-Persian) collection of poems about cats by Stanley H. Barkan, translated into Persian by Sepideh Zamani and edited by Joan and John Digby. "I have always loved cats. I ve been called The Catman of Merrick. Two of my cats were housecats: Pyewacket, an all black cat, my familiar, who was hit-and-run killed by a wild teenager (I'm told by a witness), but, in my way of thinking, was taken in place of my daughter, who was in the hospital for three operations regarding her having four kidneys, two of which became nephritic; and Pumpernickel, who was a very large bushy-tailed Maine Coon, who, when I walked with him on a leash, cats stopped, backed up, wondering 'What in hell is that?' She and her boyfriend Tawney are buried in my backyard. The other cats I counted as mine were two feral litters by Dorothy: First, Nero & Oreo; then Chico, Groucho, Harpo, and Zeppo. After Chico, Groucho, and Zeppo left early on to find their own territories, Harpo and Dorothy stayed. Dorothy, who was quite old by then, went out into a stormy night and never returned. Harpo, years later, the same. Now I'm unhappily catless in Merrick, seeking a kitten to be totally housebound like my daughter's cat. I'm truly grateful to Sepideh Zamani for selecting the cat poems in this edition for translating into Persian. I'm also most grateful to Joan and John Digby, both cat lovers (consider the name of their press) for agreeing to publish PUMPERNICKEL."--Stanley H. Barkan, from the Preface
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Very Good. Hardcover. Minor wear. Signed by Author, twice. Inscription and signature to fly leaf and title page. Condition Considered in Pricing. For Additional Information or pictures, Please Inquire.
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Fine; Collectible. THIS IS A SIGNED AND INSCRIBED EDITION! ! It has, on the flyleaf, a lengthy inscription to the poet, Jesse Ball. And it is signed again on the title page!
