Yaxley's cat
Yaxley's Cat is a children's book by British author Robert Westall .
action
The story of Rose and her two children, Timothy and Jane, is told from the mother's perspective. Rose has trouble with her husband and takes her two children to Walney , a remote village on the East Anglia coast , where she rents a house. The previous owner of the house, Sepp Yaxley, disappeared seven years earlier. Yaxley, an outsider in the village, had a reputation for being some kind of magician or sorcerer. In the unkempt, neglected house, Yaxley's cat still wanders around, which scares Rose and the children. After a few mysterious incidents, the villagers distance themselves more and more from Rose and the children. They consider the three to be witch students of the missing cottage owner. They are silent about the events of seven years ago. Little by little, Rose realizes that the house holds a terrible secret.
background
According to Susanne Koppe, Westall wanted to present a deep discussion of the main character: Rose is torn between the rational world of her husband and the simple and narrow village community that lives in dull superstition .
reception
In 1993 BBC 4 Radio broadcast a radio play adaptation.
expenditure
- Yaxley's Cat . London: Macmillan 1991.
- Yaxley's cat . German translation by Cornelia Krutz-Arnold. Frankfurt a. M. Verl. Alibaba 1993.
Web links
- Yaxley's Cat, publishersweekly.com book review, English
- Yaxley's Cat, circus reviews book review , English
Individual evidence
- ↑ BBC Radio 4 FM August 2, 1993, accessed April 3, 2018