I Am a Cat
by:
Sōseki Natsume (author)
Aiko Ito (author)
A nonchalant string of anecdotes and wisecracks, told by a fellow who doesn't have a name, has never caught a mouse, and isn't much good for anything except watching human beings in action.—The New Yorker
A nonchalant string of anecdotes and wisecracks, told by a fellow who doesn't have a name, has never caught a mouse, and isn't much good for anything except watching human beings in action.—The New Yorker
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781462901753 (1462901751)
Publish date: December 20th 2011
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Pages no: 480
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Humor,
Literature,
Cultural,
Asian Literature,
Asia,
Animals,
Cats,
Japan,
Japanese Literature
Series: 青い鳥文庫 1-100 9-1 (#69)
Apparently this is a classic of Japanese fiction. It dates from the period following the collapse of feudalism and opening up to outside influence, with consequent social upheaval. Soseki pokes gentle fun at the culture he finds himself in and gets away with it, mainly through the twin devices of ma...
A Japanese boyband member made me want to read this.
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