The Mediterranean Cat

The dazzling success of Cats in thc Sun--praised by the Atlantic Monthly as "the finest pictures of cats ever taken" --left readers eagerly anticipating acclaimed photographer Hans Silvesters next volume. This spring Chronicle Books is delighted to publish The Mediterranean Cat featuring all-new intimate portraits of these endearing animals at home under the Aegean skies. The kittens in Silvesters first book have grown into adult cats and the continuing rapport he had established with them years earlier is evident in this latest collection of magnificent full-color photographs. Cat lovers photography buffs and armchair travelers will revel in The Mediterranean Cat a light-hearted celebration of the streetwise felines who prowl preen and play amid the sun-dappled whitewashed buildings of the fabulous Greek isles.