by Hiro Arikawa
It was pretty easy for me to guess where this simple, quiet novel is heading from the moment I read the synopsis. The anthropomorphic narration of the proud, wisecracking cat Nana is pretty funny. I would argue that human-animal relationship is not the novel's main topic and only serves as a backgro...
TITLE: The Travelling Cat Chronicles AUTHOR: Hiro Arikawa TRANSLATOR: Philip Gabriel ____________________________ DESCRIPTION: "It's not the journey that counts, but who's at your side.Nana, a cat, is devoted to Satoru, his owner. So when Satoru decides to go on a roadtrip one day to find ...
This is the story of a cat whose human is trying to find him a new home, for reasons that are not immediately clear. What *is* clear is that the human loves his cat, and will only leave him with someone he trusts and who will make his cat happy. So they go visiting various old friends to see if the ...