I Am a Cat
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780698111448 (0698111443)
Publisher: Coward McCann
Pages no: 431
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.