Cat Love by Morín, Tomás Q.
Cat Love by Morín, Tomás Q.

Cat Love

A contemporary dystopian elegy narrated by a cat imprisoned in a Schrödinger's box, by the prizing-winning poet...
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Author: Tomás Q. Morín
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Cat Love by Morín, Tomás Q.

Cat Love

$32.40
Cat Love by Morín, Tomás Q.

Cat Love

$32.40
Author: Tomás Q. Morín
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
A contemporary dystopian elegy narrated by a cat imprisoned in a Schrödinger's box, by the prizing-winning poet and memoirist whose writing "cuts to the core with electrifying force" (The Free-Lance Star).

"Cat Love is more charming than seems humanly possible, which works out because it is narrated by a cat. A delightful novel!" --Rivka Galchen, author of Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch

"Notes from Underground meets Kafka's 'The Burrow, ' only it's an experiment with the most charming, erudite cat in literature narrating this funny, moving meditation on life, pop culture, and love, that's also a truly original, page-turning delight to read." --Fernando A. Flores, author of Brother Brontë

The indelible cat heroine of this unexpected tale recalls her life with "the Mustache," her beloved owner. Trapped in a one-way mirrored box, displayed in a classroom for people who must contemplate her fate as part of their training to become "Emotional Support Humans," she weaves a self-soothing paean to the poetry, music, and creature comforts she shared with her Mustache--the best products of a society that has gone off the rails in its violence and intolerance.

The trainees in the room, a motley crew our kitty describes with a novelistic flair of her own, are assigned to consider what they feel about her. They also argue about whether there's really a cat in there, or are they just being manipulated? Their daily required quizzes are as poignant and witty as our narrator herself. Meanwhile, the mystery of her cat-kidnapping is revealed to us, along with her potential next move on a more spectral plane.

An elegy to freedom, dignity, and connection for all living beings, this slim novel stirs powerful feelings in the reader as it shows us to ourselves from the other side of the mirror.

Author: Tomás Q. Morín
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 06/09/2026
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 7.82h x 5.24w x 0.83d
ISBN: 9780593702048


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 04/01/2026 pg. 62
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2026
Publishers Weekly 04/27/2026
Booklist 05/04/2026

About the Author
TOMÁS Q. MORÍN is the author of the memoirs Let Me Count the Ways, winner of the 2023 Vulgar Genius Nonfiction Award, and Where Are You From: Letters to My Son, as well as the poetry collections Machete, Patient Zero, and A Larger Country. He is coeditor, with Mari L'Esperance, of the anthology Coming Close: Forty Essays on Philip Levine, and a translator of The Heights of Macchu Picchu by Pablo Neruda. He is a fellow of the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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