Cat's Eye

Book Playlist

Cat's Eye Playlist

by Margaret Atwood

20 tracks

balanced

Sep 23, 2026

“Cat’s Eye” moves like a painted memory—Toronto streets pulling Elaine back into childhood triangles of loyalty, longing, and betrayal, then into the harder politics of being seen as an artist and a woman. This playlist balances intimate, reflective instrumentals with lyric-driven songs that echo return, recollection, erotic tension, and the ache of unresolved pasts.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Mourning Air

Portishead · Portishead

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2

Zoetrope

Boards of Canada · In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country

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3

One Summer's Day

Joe Hisaishi · メロディフォニー

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4

Flight from the City

Jóhann Jóhannsson · Orphée

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5

Wicked Game

Chris Isaak · Heart Shaped World

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6

Everybody Wants To Rule The World

Tears For Fears · Songs From The Big Chair

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7

The Sound Of Silence

Christopher Phillips · Piano Chill: Songs of Simon & Garfunkel

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8

The Killing Moon

Echo & the Bunnymen · Ocean Rain (Expanded; 2007 Remaster)

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9

Somebody Told Me

The Killers · Hot Fuss

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10

Young And Beautiful

Lana Del Rey · Young And Beautiful

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11

Opaline

Novo Amor · Cannot Be, Whatsoever

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12

Somebody That I Used To Know

Gotye · Making Mirrors

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13

The Story

Brandi Carlile · The Story

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14

Breathe Me

Sia · Colour The Small One

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15

Mélodies, Op. 46: II. Clair de lune

Gabriel Fauré · Requiem op. 48 (in einer neuen Fasssung für Klavier)

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16

Träumerei

Robert Schumann · Musik für schöne Stunden: Sanfte Spieluhrenklänge für Säuglinge

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17

Comptine d'un autre été, l'après-midi

Yann Tiersen · Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (Bande originale du film)

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18

Méditation from Thaïs

Jules Massenet · Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No.1

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19

Gymnopédie No. 1

Erik Satie · Erik Satie & Friends

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20

ocean eyes

Billie Eilish · Ocean Eyes

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