THE NINE EMOTIONAL LIVES OF CATS: A Journey into the Feline Heart
Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, . . Ballantine, $24.95 (288pp) ISBN 978-0-345-44882-8
Prevailing wisdom holds that cats are aloof, smug, quintessentially distant—especially when compared to dogs—but Masson, in his latest exploration of feelings in the animal world, argues otherwise: "cats," he says, "are almost pure emotion." He establishes nine basics (narcissism, love, contentment, attachment, jealousy, fear, anger, curiosity and playfulness) and, in nine casual and sometimes digressive chapters, suggests when and why cats feel each of them and how we humans might better understand our pets as a result. In the tradition of his bestselling
Reviewed on: 07/15/2002
Genre: Nonfiction
Hardcover - 259 pages - 978-0-224-06973-1
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