Chat sauvage

by Jacques Poulin

Jacques Poulin's wonderful novel about a professional writer who composes and hand writes letters and documents for a living. He lives in the upper town of the old town of Quebec, in an apartment that shares a wall with Kim, a psychologist. The courtyard below Jacques' rooms is a home to Pretty Cat, who sleeps in the tree. The writer becomes involved with Kim when she reveals to him that she has been beaten ― by a lover or a patient, he does not know.

Genres: Canada

Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Evelynkeirstead · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a great book. It was well written and contained an interesting set of main characters, one of which is a cat.
It deals with the topic of homelessness in a sensitive and empathetic manner. Reading more like a fable, the reader is drawn into the daily life of Jack and Kim who come across troubled individuals in their work but also as they go about their non work lives.

[Beanie · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read this for school

[Chris Holdenried · Rating 5 out of 5]

Takes place in vieux Quebec city, with memorable descriptions of the streets. The main character, a professional love letter writer, alternatively waits for, and pursues a customer of his, an old man, and a mysterious young woman. Themes of human fragility, longing, beauty, and eroticism.
Easy read at 178 pages. Glad to have finally learned of this author.

[Cora Lang · Rating 3 out of 5]

Étonnant est le premier mot qui me vient. Beaucoup de douceur, de craintes, de mystères. La fin m’a étonnée, je m’attendais à comprendre un peu mieux mais à la lecture d’un critique de Jacques Poulin, il est important de lire l’œuvre pour cerner les personnages. Remarquable.

[Hélène Lambert · Rating 3 out of 5]

Les romans de Jacques Poulin : pas pour moi!

[Michele · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lecture agréable mais la fin m’a laissée sur ma faim!

[Simone Lebel · Rating 3 out of 5]

livre de la bibliothèque de papa, un peu descriptif pour moi par moment, mais se lit très bien

[Xinning Zheng · Rating 4 out of 5]

There's something soothing and unexpected about this book. No definite ending needs to be spelled out; the real joy of reading this book is in the bouts of emotions and feelings you pick up throughout it.

Added to the familiar sceneries of Quebec City, the story's characters seem so much more real and alive.

[Dana Larose · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jaques Poulin never seems to like to conclude or explain things, so if you like neat, tidy endings, his stuff isn't for you.

However, he's such a graceful writer!

I'd love to someday try reading his stuff in its original French.

[Libby · Rating 2 out of 5]

ou peut-être c'est chat...