Cats of the Louvre

Despite a slow start and the occasional depiction of cats as half human that triggered a shuddering flashback to the appalling movie version of the Cats musical, I warmed to this fantasy of a night watchmen who looks after stray cats in the Louvre's attic and then spends the rest of his night seeking traces of his sister who went missing in the museum fifty years prior. He shares his cat care-taking chores with and confesses his suspicion that his sister must have gone into a painting to a new watchmen and a sympathetic museum tour guide. Meanwhile, the cats traipse around in their shifting forms, fighting frequently amongst themselves and sometimes with a passing dog.

It's weird, but builds steadily toward an emotional climax.

Looks like it's probably beautiful, but if I'm ever going to learn to read 'backwards' I need to start on something much much easier. I did try, but I got a headache from the disorientation, the fine print, and the detailed B&W art within a dozen pages, and I gave up on p. 43. Sorry.

September 2022

So sad...