- Authors, Cats, Fiction, Fiction, general
The Guest Cat is a subtly moving novel that conveys deeply felt ways of being. Two writers, a young couple, enjoy their quiet cottage in a leafy part of Tokyo: they work at home as freelance editors. One day a cat invites herself into their small kitchen. She is a beautiful creature. She leaves, but comes again, and then again and again. New, small joys, radiated by the fleeting loveliness of life, accompany the cat; the days take on more light and color.
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Intimate, contemplative, contemporary and warm.
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- contemplativerelentless
- contemporarynostalgic
- warmbleak
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Takashi Hiraide
- First published
- 2014
- Pages
- 140
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation, New Directions, Tantor Audio
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781515916178
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