Comments on: Kitty lit http://www.elifbatuman.net/2008/09/10/cat-lit/ "Many people ask why a writer commits suicide. But I think that people who ask don’t know the vanity and the nothingness of writing." Kobo Abe Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:05:47 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: LK http://www.elifbatuman.net/2008/09/10/cat-lit/comment-page-1/#comment-741 LK Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:06:55 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/2008/09/10/cat-lit/#comment-741 Elif, In a random article I read about cat cults (ancient religions that believed in <i>cat as exalted soul</i> — cats are purported to have been all-knowing but mute so they could not influence decisions made by humans. Hmm. As the humble lackey of two obscenely vocal Asian felines (a Balinese and a, recently adopted, Birman), I strongly disagree. I mean that wild creatured voice within your kitten cannot fall under the blanket of traditional muteness and non-influence. Can it? Elif,

In a random article I read about cat cults (ancient religions that believed in cat as exalted soul — cats are purported to have been all-knowing but mute so they could not influence decisions made by humans. Hmm. As the humble lackey of two obscenely vocal Asian felines (a Balinese and a, recently adopted, Birman), I strongly disagree. I mean that wild creatured voice within your kitten cannot fall under the blanket of traditional muteness and non-influence. Can it?

]]> By: burcu http://www.elifbatuman.net/2008/09/10/cat-lit/comment-page-1/#comment-740 burcu Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:00:12 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/2008/09/10/cat-lit/#comment-740 Elif, you named your cat Friday? :) (Have you ever seen/read Gurcan Yurt's "Robinson ve Cuma"? It used to be on L-Manyak for a while, I don't where he published now. His Cuma character overtook Defoe's Friday for me for a while now) We adopted a cat a couple of months ago, too. I still don't like cat literature, however I was quite surprised to see a cat quote by George Eliot. I don't think that I've ever thought about Eliot in a pet related context, but I guess in 19th cent English novelists part of my minds she was not a cat person. Now you made me start thinking about the rest. Elif, you named your cat Friday? :) (Have you ever seen/read Gurcan Yurt’s “Robinson ve Cuma”? It used to be on L-Manyak for a while, I don’t where he published now. His Cuma character overtook Defoe’s Friday for me for a while now)

We adopted a cat a couple of months ago, too. I still don’t like cat literature, however I was quite surprised to see a cat quote by George Eliot. I don’t think that I’ve ever thought about Eliot in a pet related context, but I guess in 19th cent English novelists part of my minds she was not a cat person. Now you made me start thinking about the rest.

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