The Goodbye Cat

Informationen zum Autor HIRO ARIKAWA is the multi-million-copy bestselling author of THE TRAVELLING CAT CHRONICLES and THE GOODBYE CAT. Passing through a scenic mountainous region of Japan, the famous Hankyu line is a privately run railway that connects Osaka and Kyoto and is famous for its maroon-coloured vintage-style carriages. One of its much-visited stops is the city of Takarazuka, where the author of this book lives. Published twenty years ago, this enduring Japanese classic has sold 1.4 million copies and has been published worldwide. Philip Gabriel is the author of Mad Wives and Island Dreams: Shimao Toshio and the Margins of Japanese Literature and Spirit Matters: The Transcendent in Modern Japanese Literature and has translated many novels and short stories by the writer Haruki Murakami and other modern writers. He is recipient of the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature (2001) for his translation of Senji Kuroi's Life in the Cul-de-Sac , and the 2006 PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize for his translation of Murakami's Kafka on the Shore . Klappentext Seven cats in Japan weave their way through their owners' lives. Among these, we meet Spin, who teaches an anxious father how to parent his baby. A colony of wild cats on a holiday island, showing a boy not to stand in nature's way. And an elderly cat, Kota, who plans pass into the next world as a spirit so that he can live with his owner forever. Zusammenfassung The uplifting new cat novel from the million-copy bestselling author of The Travelling Cat Chronicles 'Quirky and life-enhancing' THE TIMES Biggest Books of the Autumn 2023 ___ Against changing seasons in Japan, seven cats weave their way through their owners' lives. - A needy kitten rescued from the recycling bin teaches a new father how to parent his own human baby - An elderly cat hatches a plan to pass into the next world as a spirit so that he and his owner may be together for ever - A colony of wild cats on a holiday island shows a young boy not to stand in nature's way - A family is perplexed by their cat's devotion to their charismatic but uncaring father - A woman curses how her cat constantly visits her at night Bursting with empathy and love, THE GOODBYE CAT explores the unstoppable cycle of life as we see how the steadiness and devotion of a well-loved cat never lets us down. ----------------------- 'Quirky and life-enhancing' THE TIMES 'Full of warmth, wit and feline wisdom ' Daily Express 'A book for every cat lover. An enchanting insight into the mysterious world of cats and their humans' CELIA HADDON, author of Being Your Cat Includes seven beautiful cat drawings THE PERFECT GIFT FOR CAT-LOVERS ...

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*The uplifting new cat novel from the multi-million-copy bestselling author of The Travelling Cat Chronicles*

'Quirky and life-enhancing' THE TIMES Biggest Books of the Autumn_*Against changing seasons in Japan, seven cats weave their way through their owners' lives.*

• A needy kitten rescued from the recycling bin teaches a new father how to parent his own human baby
• An elderly cat hatches a plan to pass into the next world as a spirit so that he and his owner may be together for ever
• A colony of wild cats on a holiday island shows a young boy not to stand in nature's way
• A family is perplexed by their cat's devotion to their charismatic but uncaring father

• A woman curses how her cat constantly visits her at night

  Bursting with empathy and love, THE GOODBYE CAT explores the unstoppable cycle of life as we see how the steadiness and devotion of a well-loved cat never lets us down.

  A huge bestseller in Japan, every page is a joyous celebration of cats and how we cannot resist sharing our lives with them.

  'A book for every cat lover. An enchanting insight into the mysterious world of cats and their humans' CELIA HADDON, author of Being Your Cat

  Includes seven beautiful cat drawings
  *_
  READERS ADORE THE GOODBYE CAT*

• 'Wonderful! These cats are charming and truly come alive. The book is full of human - or rather, cat kindness' *

• 'Irresistible. This is the first time since The Travelling Cat Chronicles that I cried my eyes out over a book' ***

  Zusammenfassung

- 'Wonderful! These cats are charming and truly come alive' 5* reader review

• 'Beautiful. Made me think about what my cats bring to my life' 5* reader review

• 'Truly life-enhancing' 5* reader review

  A Times Biggest Book for the autumn - this Japanese bestseller is a joyous celebration of cats and how we cannot resist sharing our lives with them.
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  Against changing seasons in Japan, seven cats weave their way through their owners' lives.

• A needy kitten rescued from the recycling bin teaches a new father how to parent his own human baby
• An elderly cat hatches a plan to pass into the next world as a spirit so that he and his owner may be together for ever
• A colony of wild cats on a holiday island shows a young boy not to stand in nature's way
• A family is perplexed by their cat's devotion to their charismatic but uncaring father

• A woman curses how her cat constantly visits her at night

  Bursting with empathy and love, THE GOODBYE CAT explores the unstoppable cycle of life as we see how the steadiness and devotion of a well-loved cat never lets us down.
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  'Quirky and life-enhancing' THE TIMES
  'Full of warmth, wit and feline wisdom' Daily Express

  'A book for every cat lover. An enchanting insight into the mysterious world of cats and their humans' CELIA HADDON, author of Being Your Cat

  Includes seven beautiful cat drawings

  THE PERFECT GIFT FOR CAT-LOVERS