Compartir
Catland
Kathryn Hughes (Autor)
·
HarperCollins
· Tapa Blanda
Catland - Kathryn Hughes
Libro Nuevo
Importado
Envío: 14 a 20 días háb.
₡ 13.079
Costos de importación y 13% IVA incluídos en el precio ✅
Reseña del libro "Catland"
Shortlisted for the Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year A Wall Street Journal Book of the Year A Spectator Book of the Year A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year A New Yorker Book of the Year Some called it a craze To others it was a cult Join prize winning historian Kathryn Hughes to discover how Britain fell in love with cats and ushered in a new era Smart gorgeously written cultural history TLS Delightful Guardian Excellent Spectator Joyous cultural history The Times He invented a whole cat world declared H G Wells of Louis Wain the Edwardian artist whose anthropomorphic kittens made him a household name His drawings were irresistible but Catland was more than the creation of one eccentric imagination It was an attitude a way of being in society while discreetly refusing to follow its rules As cat capitalism boomed in the spectacular Edwardian age prized animals changed hands for hundreds of pounds and a new industry sprung up to cater for their every need Cats were no longer basement dwelling pest controllers but stylish cultural subversives more likely to flaunt a magnificent ruff and a pedigree from Persia Wherever you found old conventions breaking down there was a cat at the centre of the st
- 0% (0)
- 0% (0)
- 0% (0)
- 0% (0)
- 0% (0)
Todos los libros de nuestro catálogo son Originales.
La encuadernación de esta edición es Tapa Blanda.
✓ Producto agregado correctamente al carro, Ir a Pagar.
