This is a collection of short essays that LeGuin originally
put up on her blog. Basically they are short form essays, and the book is divided
roughly into subjects that include aging, sexism, politics, morals, nature,
religion, swearing, writing, and, in between, are the Annals of Pard. Pard
being the author’s latest cat, who is still a youngster- a year old when procured.
But these are not your ordinary old woman with a cat entries; she examines the
moral issues of cats catching mice.
LeGuin is in her eighties now, and has seen a lot of changes
in the world. Always the feminist and anti-authoritarian, she has said a lot
about those subjects in her novels and continues to have lots to say about
them. Her essays are written in simple but elegant prose and are a delight to
read. Five stars.
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