Invisible Kitties

'Cat was everywhere at once, splayed in all directions but too soft to get in our way…'

Discover this captivating, inventive debut, perfect for fans of The Guest Cat and If Cats Disappeared from the World.

Every cat contains multitudes

When a young couple accidentally come into possession of a playful kitten, their daily routine (and cramped apartment) is turned upside down. Soon they find their peaceful existence forever altered.

Charting the couple’s ever-evolving relationship with cats – some they live with, others who exist only in their imagination – Invisible Kitties is a meditation on the quiet moments of everyday life and a celebration of cats in all their many magical, chaotic, extraordinary forms.

About the Author

Born in 1990, Sichuanese poet Yu Yoyo had already begun to earn critical attention before she turned sixteen, publishing dozens of poems in Poetry, Poetry Monthly, and other prestigious publications in China. She studied business management and accounting in university, but she never gave up on her long-standing passion for poetry and finally embraced her life’s calling upon graduation. She is now seen as a representative voice among the post-’90s generation, and is especially known for her mature voice and subtle treatment of modern femininity. Her poems have been translated into English, Korean, Russian, French, Japanese, and Swedish. Yoyo has published the following collections in China: Seven Years (2012), Me as Bait (2016), Wind Can’t (2019), and Against Body (2019). Her first English collection, My Tenantless Body , was published by the Poetry Translation Centre in 2019. Invisible Kitties is her first novel. She currently lives in Chengdu.