She thought, brightly, This is the worst life decision I have ever made! And she marvelled at herself for a while, at the mystery of this person who’d just done this bizarre, inexplicable thing.
Margot meets Robert. They exchange numbers. They text, flirt and eventually have sex – the type of sex you attempt to forget. How could one date go so wrong?
Everything that takes place in Cat Person happens to countless people every day. But Cat Person is not an everyday story. In less than a week, Kristen Roupenian’s New Yorker debut became the most read and shared short story in their website’s history. This is the bad date that went viral. This is the conversation we’re all having.
This gift edition contains photographs by celebrated photographer Elinor Carucci, who was commissioned by the New Yorker to capture the image that accompanied Kristen Roupenian’s Cat Person when it appeared in the magazine.
You Know You Want This, Kristen Roupenian’s debut collection, will be published in February 2019.
Imprint: Vintage Digital
Published: 03/05/2018
ISBN: 9781473561236
Length: 72 Pages
RRP: £3.99
A breathtakingly accurate and vivid portrait of modern dating dynamics between men and women.
So real it hurts.
One of the most talked-about stories ever.
The equivalent of boiling water poured directly onto an exposed nerve... the most famous short story of the century.
[This] short story on bad romance captured the imagination of men and women worldwide, sparking a debate that continues today.