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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. There's more information on both editions at the publishers' websites here: Ithys Press edition: [...] Scribner edition: [...]
I love this book -- the story, simple illustrations, fancifulness of it all. My only gripe is that (with the Kindle ebook) the illustrations are black on white background instead of the yellow of the hardcover book. In my opinion, if Amazon is going to charge $9.00 for an ebook, it should be exactly the same as the print version. And the snapshot preview is misleading because it shows the cover in yellow, but then does not give examples of the interior pages. If I had known, I would not have purchased it.
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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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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.
Incredibly short, totally crazy, still totally funny. James Joyce in totally unpredictable style. You will ask yourself if it was worth to pay several dollars/euros for a few words - be sure, it was. This is a small jewel.
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It's James Joyce my god. I ordered it without even looking at a review. He sneaks the anti-authoritarian in between the lines and, apparently, loves cats and the little boy who is the recipient of this story. Who knew. I never noticed the cat reference in the beginning of Ulysses and probably wouldn't have put much faith in it as a reference to anything in particular. But the man hated dogs. Maybe because you always have to tell them what to do, make them behave and cats are, well, completely independent. I think if you really love cats it could be part of our cat-book-collection or if you love J.J. you could put in that ditto but I think T.S. Elliot said it just a little better. The illustrations are drawl & well-placed on the page but the cacophonous fonts make my head spin. Nice binding and pretty little book overall.
I really like that he asks his grandson at the end, "What do you think of this?". I would like to hear the reply.
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