Thomas Stearns Eliot je nositelem Nobelovy ceny za literaturu a jeho Praktická příručka o kočkách se z celkového obrazu jeho díla vymyká. O životaschopnosti Eliotova kočičího námětu ovšem svědčí samozřejmě muzikál Cats, Eliotovými Kočkami inspirovaný. Sbírka vychází česky v úplnosti poprvé a je čtvrtým svazkem edice NOS.

Poet, dramatist, critic and editor, T. S. Eliot was one of the defining figures of twentieth-century poetry. This edition of The Complete Poems and Plays, published for the first time in paperback, includes all of his verse and work for the stage, from Prufrock and Other Observations (1917) to Four Quartets (1943), and includes such literary landmarks as The Waste Land, Old Possum''s Book of Practical Cats and Murder in the Cathedral.''Each year Eliot''s presence reasserts itself at a deeper level, to an audience that is surprised to find itself more chastened, more astonished, more humble.'' Ted Hughes

''Each year Eliot''s presence reasserts itself at a deeper level, to an audience that is surprised to find itself more chastened, more astonished, more humble.'' Ted HughesPoet, dramatist, critic and editor, T. S. Eliot was one of the defining figures of twentieth-century poetry. This edition of Collected Poems 1909-1962 includes his verse from Prufrock and Other Observations (1917) to Four Quartets (1943), and includes such literary landmarks as The Waste Land and Old Possum''s Book of Practical Cats.