Cat CountryWhen a traveller from China crash-lands on Mars, he finds himself in a country inhabited entirely by Cat People. Befriended by a local cat-man, he becomes acquainted with all aspects of cat-life: he learns to speak Felinese, masters cat-poetry, and appreciates the narcotic effects of the reverie leaf - their food staple. But curiosity turns to despair when he ventures further into the heart of the country and the culture, and realizes that he is witnessing the bleak decline of a civilization. Cat Country, Lao She's only work of science fiction, is both a dark, dystopian tale of one man's close encounter with the feline kind and a scathing indictment of a country gone awry. |
Contents
CHINA WAS NEVER LIKE THIS OR WAS | |
WHEN IN ROME | |
A LAND OF PEEPING TOMS | |
A RELUCTANT SERVANT OF THE GREAT SPIRIT | |
THE CAPITAL OF CAT COUNTRY | |
THREE GENERATIONS | |
MADAM AMBASSADORS STORY | |
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