James Joyce: The cats of Copenhagen, Ithys Press, Dublin
ITHYS PRESS has pleasure in announcing the first-ever appearance in print of James Joyce’s Story for Children, The Cats of Copenhagen in a rare, special edition of 200 copies, limited to 26 Lettered copies, 170 Numbered copies & 4 copies Hors Commerce.
ITHYS PRESS has pleasure in announcing the first-ever appearance in print of James Joyce’s Story for Children, The Cats of Copenhagen in a rare, special edition of 200 copies, limited to 26 Lettered copies, 170 Numbered copies & 4 copies Hors Commerce.
Exquisite, surprising, and with a keen, almost anarchic subtext, THE CATS OF COPENHAGEN is a slightly younger twin sister to The Cat and the Devil, the only other known example of James Joyce writing a story for young children.
Both works, penned within a few weeks of each other, are in letters posted to his only grandchild, Stephen James Joyce. At the time of writing, Joyce was taking a much-needed break in Denmark and four-year-old Stephen was staying at the Villa des Roses in Menthon-St-Bernard.
This Ithys Press first edition is set from the text of the original manuscript letter dated 5 September 1936. The letter is among the many items donated to the Zurich James Joyce Foundation by Hans E. Jahnke, son of Giorgio Joyce’s second wife, Asta. Nearly lost and forgotten, it is a joy to see this delightful story in print at last.La scheda del libro
I gatti di Copenaghen, fiaba inedita di James Joyce, pubblicata a Dublino
di S.Bio. Sole 24 Ore 13 febbraio 2012
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