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A review by nicktomjoe
The White Cat and the Monk: A Retelling of the Poem “Pangur Bán” by Jo Ellen Bogart
4.0
A neat retelling of an ancient poem by an Irish monk, with a lovely litter commentary at the end. This https://www.ling.upenn.edu/~beatrice/pangur-ban.html is a translation of the original.
I could be churlish and point out that the monk is incorrectly dressed, the architecture too late - but those anachronisms are a minor detail and do not detract: this is cleverly done, the sinewy movements well drawn, the rheumy, maybe even crabby, stiffness of the scholar-monk cleverly woven into all sorts of coextensive in the books he is searching through.
I could be churlish and point out that the monk is incorrectly dressed, the architecture too late - but those anachronisms are a minor detail and do not detract: this is cleverly done, the sinewy movements well drawn, the rheumy, maybe even crabby, stiffness of the scholar-monk cleverly woven into all sorts of coextensive in the books he is searching through.