I Am a Cat
Volume One
Discover the original Japanese Cat classic, now in a vibrant new translation by Nick Bradley, author of The Cat and the City.<BR><BR>'I am a Cat. But I still don't have a name...' <BR><BR>Once a stray kitten, I Am a Cat's narrator finds himself adopted by a local scholar and thrown headfirst into the absurd upper middle-class world of Meiji-era Japan. Now a noble but somewhat world-weary observer, he has ample opportunity to dissect the strange ways and convoluted conversations of the human race.<BR><BR>First published at the turn of the 20th century, and regarded as one of Japan's most iconic classics, I Am a Cat is a captivating exploration of identity, society, and the often bewildering nature of the human condition-all seen through the eyes of a very special, uncompromising cat.<BR><BR>'A biting satire of Meiji-era Japan' Jessie Burton, Guardian<BR><BR>'Soseki is the representative modern Japanese novelist, a figure of truly national stature' Haruki Murakami
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Discover the original Japanese Cat classic, now in a vibrant new translation by Nick Bradley, author of The Cat and the City.<BR><BR>'I am a Cat. But I still don't have a name...' <BR><BR>Once a stray kitten, I Am a Cat's narrator finds himself adopted by a local scholar and thrown headfirst into the absurd upper middle-class world of Meiji-era Japan. Now a noble but somewhat world-weary observer, he has ample opportunity to dissect the strange ways and convoluted conversations of the human race.<BR><BR>First published at the turn of the 20th century, and regarded as one of Japan's most iconic classics, I Am a Cat is a captivating exploration of identity, society, and the often bewildering nature of the human condition-all seen through the eyes of a very special, uncompromising cat.<BR><BR>'A biting satire of Meiji-era Japan' Jessie Burton, Guardian<BR><BR>'Soseki is the representative modern Japanese novelist, a figure of truly national stature' Haruki Murakami
Untertitel
Volume One
H | B | T | Gramm
213 mm | 133 mm | 20 mm | 222 gr
Erscheinungsjahr
2025
FSK
0
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Taschenbuch
Verlag
Random House UK
ISBN-10
1784879797
Autor
Soseki Natsume
Weitere Mitwirkende
Bradley, Nick
Sprache
Englisch
Seitenanzahl
208
Themen
Belletristik in Übersetzung, Klassische Belletristik: allgemein und literarisch, Tierbiografien, Japan, Klassische Lyrik und Dichtung vor dem 20. Jahrhundert, Katzen als Haustiere, Historischer Roman
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