'Cat was everywhere at once, splayed in all directions but too soft to get in our way...'

Discover this captivating, inventive debut, perfect for fans of The Guest Cat and If Cats Disappeared from the World.

Every cat contains multitudes

When a young couple accidentally come into possession of a playful kitten, their daily routine (and cramped apartment) is turned upside down. Soon they find their peaceful existence forever altered.

Charting the couple's ever-evolving relationship with cats - some they live with, others who exist only in their imagination - Invisible Kitties is a meditation on the quiet moments of everyday life and a celebration of cats in all their many magical, chaotic, extraordinary forms.

About the Author

Yu Yoyo is an acclaimed poet and visual/audio artist from Sichuan, China. She started publishing poetry at the age of fourteen, and earned critical attention by the age of sixteen. Her work has featured in various literary journals and anthologies. She has published the poetry collections Seven Years (2012), Me as Bait (2018), wind can't (2019), and Cat is a Cloud (2021). She won the 2017 Henry Luce Translation Fellowship. Her poems have been translated into English, Korean, Russian, French, Japanese, and Swedish. A selection of her poems was translated and published by Poetry Translation Centre in her first English collection, My Tenantless Body (2019). Invisible Kitties is her first novel. She lives in Chengdu.

Reviews

'Utterly charming, particularly so for cat-lovers, who might argue that every bit of magic here is absolutely true' Starred Booklist review

Book Information
ISBN 9780008719302
Author Yu Yoyo
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint Fourth Estate Ltd
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Weight(grams) 220g
Dimensions(mm) 185mm * 130mm * 25mm