The Cats of Copenhagen

The Cats of Copenhagen

First edition cover
Author	James Joyce
Illustrator	Casey Sorrow
Language	English
Genre	Children's fiction
Publisher	Ithys Press
Publication date	2012
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	40 pages
ISBN	978-0-9570684-1-4

The Cats of Copenhagen is a posthumously published short story written by Irish author James Joyce and illustrated by American artist Casey Sorrow. Written on 5 September 1936 in the titular city in a postcard to his grandson Stephen James Joyce, it was not published until 2012, by Ithys Press, when Joyce's work entered the public domain in certain jurisdictions. ^[1]

Plot

The story describes the city of Copenhagen, Denmark, where "things are not as they seem", and is critical of "fat cats" and other authority figures.

Publication

Ithys Press published their fine arts edition of The Cats of Copenhagen in January 2012. ^[2] This edition features original pen and ink illustrations by Casey Sorrow, ^{[3] [4]} letterpress typeset by Michael Caine, ^[5] and handmade paper marbling and binding of Christopher Rowlatt. ^[6]

The publication attracted controversy, as the Zürich James Joyce Foundation's Fritz Senn expressed disappointment that the script of The Cats of Copenhagen had been copied from a letter held at the Foundation without consultation or discussion. ^{[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]}

Print editions

Title	Language	Publisher	Publish Date	ISBN	Illustrator
The Cats of Copenhagen	English	Ithys Press	January 2012 [2]	9780957068414	Casey Sorrow
The Cats of Copenhagen	English	Simon & Schuster (Scribner)	16 October 2012 [13]	9781476708942	Casey Sorrow
I gatti di Copenhagen	Italian	Giunti Editore	24 October 2012 [14]	9788809777675	Casey Sorrow
ΟΙ ΓΑΤΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΚΟΠΕΓΧΑΓΗΣ	Greek	Psichogios Publications	30 October 2012 [15]	9789604969852	Casey Sorrow
Københavnerkatte	Danish	Gyldendal	November 2012 [16]	9788702132953	Casey Sorrow
Mačke Kopenhagena	Croatian	Edicije Božičević	2013 [17]	9789536751846	Casey Sorrow
Die Katzen von Kopenhagen	German	Carl Hanser Verlag	July 2013 [18]	9783446241596	Wolf Erlbruch
哥本哈根的貓	Chinese	Chein Hsing Publishing	September 2013 [19]	9789866798719	Casey Sorrow
Los gatos de Copenhague	Spanish	Editorial Losada	September 2013 [20]	9789500399708	Casey Sorrow
De Katten Van Kopenhagen	Dutch	Hoogland & Van Klaveren	October 2013 [21]	9789089671394	Wolf Erlbruch
O kočkách a Kodani	Czech	Albatros Media	23 October 2013 [22]	9788000033099	Casey Sorrow
Les chats de Copenhague	French	Grasset & Fasquelle	November 2013 [23]	9782246801115	Casey Sorrow
החתולים של קופנהגן	Hebrew	Achuzat Bayit Books	March 2019 [24]	9789655560695	Inbal Even

References

1. "Copyright Status of Currently Unpublished Material", International James Joyce Foundation.
2. "James Joyce children's story The Cats of Copenhagen gets first publication", Ithys Press
3. "Art Odyssey". ImagineFX (82): 22. May 2012.
4. "Casey Sorrow and his Cats", Ithys Press
5. "Michael Caine, book artist", Ithys Press
6. "Christopher Rowlatt – taking the stylus for a walk", Ithys Press
7. Alison Flood, "James Joyce children's story The Cats of Copenhagen gets first publication", The Guardian, 9 February 2012
8. Sophie Douez, "New Joyce book creates controversy in Zurich", Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, 17 March 2012
9. Florence Waters, "James Joyce's children's story sparks publishing row", The Telegraph, 10 February 2012
10. "James Joyce children's book sparks feud", BBC News, 10 February 2012
11. Deidre Wengen, "Publication of a James Joyce children's story causes controversy" Archived 21 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine , PhillyBurbs, 14 February 2012
12. Terence Killeen, "Joyce children's story published in Dublin to dismay in Zürich", The Irish Times, 8 February 2012
13. The Cats of Copenhagen, Simon & Schuster
14. "I gatti di Copenhagen" Archived 2 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine , Giunti Editore
15. "ΟΙ ΓΑΤΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΚΟΠΕΓΧΑΓΗΣ", Psichogios Publications
16. "Københavnerkatte" Archived 1 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine , Gyldendal
17. "Mačke Kopenhagena" Archived 3 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine , Edicije Božičević
18. "Die Katzen von Kopenhagen - Bücher - Hanser Literaturverlage". Hanser-literaturverlage.de. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
19. "哥本哈根的貓", Chein Hsing Publishing
20. "O kočkách a Kodani", Editorial Losada
21. "De Katten Van Kopenhagen", Hoogland & Van Klaveren
22. "O kočkách a Kodani", Albatros Media
23. "Les chats de Copenhague" Archived 2 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine , Grasset & Fasquelle
24. "החתולים של קופנהגן", Achuzat Bayit Books