Cats Don't Go to Work

Katie graduated from college and stands on the brink of adulthood. But thinking about job hunting and other problems is really not her thing… Together with her boyfriend James, she embarks on a journey to see the ocean, which she has never seen before. James brings his beloved silver cat Silver on the trip, and suddenly Katie feels a dizzying kinship with her. The cat doesn't need to look for a job, be bored at a dinner party, or try to reconcile with her mother; she is allowed to lie on the couch all day, play tricks, and be capricious. No matter what she does, everyone loves and feeds her. Isn't this the life Katie herself dreams of? She considers Silver a personality with the right to her own will, but when the cat drowns in the ocean, Katie experiences a psychological catharsis and gradually begins to change. Temporarily parting ways with James, she learns to take responsibility for herself, shares an apartment with her former roommate again (and realizes that she is not just a roommate, but a true friend), finds a job, and restores her close relationship with her mother, who is also being reborn into a new life. For the first time in Russian. Why it’s worth reading: - an ultra-modern reinterpretation of the coming-of-age novel genre in the realities of the 21st century; - a new name in contemporary British literature: Stacey Yu's debut novel made it to the finals of a prestigious literary award and attracted the attention of major world publishers; - a unique style of the novel, free from literary dogmas and aligned with the freshest trends; careful work on the Russian translation; - exquisite design of the book, which can be appreciated as a work of art, finding visual parallels in the cover and flaps. For the audience of the books “Conversations with Friends” and “Normal People” by Sally Rooney, “The Edible Woman” by Margaret Atwood, “The Virgin Suicides” by Jeffrey Eugenides.