Lo que aprendemos de los gatos

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Title	Lo que aprendemos de los gatos
Names	Díaz Más, Paloma.
Length	6 hours, 11 minutes
Book Number	DB120416
Title Status	Active
Download Link	Downloadable talking book.
Narrator	Serrano, Ana.
Language	Spanish
Annotation	"Humans," thinks the cat, "have a hopeless tendency to get things backwards. For example, if they see a book entitled What We Learn from Cats, they will probably believe that it is about what humans can learn about cats, to get to know them better (which, by the way, wouldn't hurt); however, for anyone who is capable of thinking clearly, it is obvious that What We Learn from Cats means something else: what humans can learn from cats, that is, what cats can teach them. Such errors occur because humans start from the absurd belief that they are superior animals, when everyone knows that the superior animals are cats. Cats--thinks the author of this book--have a lot to teach us, but for that we need to be attentive and willing to learn. They are affectionate, but never submissive, so they teach us to agree to live together day by day. Trusting only if we know how to win them over little by little, exercising the virtue of a patient conquest. Domestic and independent, like wild beasts acclimatized to our habitat. We believe them to be defenseless, but in reality they are much more prepared to survive than we are. Under their silky skin hide the claws of a wild beast and an enviable athletic body. And, when we see them playing, exhibiting their magnificent physical shape, or sleeping placidly on our favorite armchair (yes, that armchair where cats never let us sit), we also envy their ability to live intensely that instant; without tormenting themselves, as we do, for a past that no longer exists and a future that may never come." -- Translation provided by NLS. -- Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Spanish language.
	"Los seres humanos -piensa el gato- tienen una irremediable tendencia a entender las cosas al revés. Por ejemplo, si ven un libro que se titula Lo que aprendemos de los gatos, probablemente creerán que trata de lo que los humanos pueden aprender acerca de los gatos, para conocerlos mejor (cosa que, dicho sea de paso, tampoco estaría de más); sin embargo, para cualquiera que sea capaz de pensar con claridad, resulta evidente que Lo que aprendemos de los gatos significa otra cosa: lo que los humanos pueden aprender a partir de los gatos, es decir, lo que los gatos pueden enseñarles. Este tipo de errores se producen porque los humanos parten de la absurda creencia de que son animales superiores, cuando todo el mundo sabe que los animales superiores son los gatos. Los gatos -piensa la autora de este libro- tienen mucho que enseñarnos, pero para ello hace falta que estemos atentos y dispuestos a aprender. Son cariñosos, pero nunca sumisos, así que nos enseñan a pactar nuestra convivencia día a día. Confiados sólo si sabemos ganárnoslos poco a poco, ejercitando la virtud de una conquista paciente. Domésticos e independientes, como fieras aclimatadas a nuestro hábitat. Los creemos indefensos, pero en realidad están mucho más preparados para sobrevivir que nosotros. Bajo su piel de seda se ocultan las garras de una fiera y un cuerpo atlético envidiable. Y, cuando los vemos jugar, exhibiendo su magnífica forma física, o dormir plácidamente sobre nuestro sillón favorito (sí, ese sillón donde los gatos nunca nos dejan sentarnos) envidiamos también su capacidad para vivir intensamente ese instante; sin atormentarse, como hacemos nosotros, por un pasado que ya no existe y un futuro que tal vez no llegue." -- Proporcionada por la editorial. -- Sin calificación. Audiolibro comercial.
Medium	Digital Books
Audience Notes	Female narrator. NLS/BPH
	Unrated. NLS/BPD
Local Subject	Unrated - UNRAT
	Animals - Zoology - 590
	Spanish, Nonfiction - SPAN
	Titles in Spanish - SPA
	Spanish & Portuguese Literature - 860
LC Subject	Cats - Philosophy
	Cats - Psychology
	Cats - Behavior
	Human-animal relationships
	Nonfiction
Call Number	860
Released	2024
Publication Info	Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress, 2024.
Original Publication	Reissue of: Barcelona : SAGA Egmont, 2022. 9788728134948.
	Reissue of: Barcelona : SAGA Egmont, 2022. 9788728134948