"The Guest Cat," by Takashi Hiraide is a charming story of a man and wife who rent a guest house on an estate. They spend most of their time working as writers/editors, but become very interested in the trees and flowers in the garden where they live. Their lives are routine and dominated by work until the neighbor's cat begins to pay daily visits.4/5(). From the publisher: Translated from the Japanese by Eric Selland. A New York Times bestseller and winner of Japan’s Kiyama Shohei Literary Award, The Guest Cat (by the acclaimed poet Takashi Hiraide) is a subtly moving and exceptionally beautiful novel about the transient nature of life and idiosyncratic, but deeply felt, ways of living. A bestseller in France and winner of Japan's Kiyama Shohei Literary Award, The Guest Cat, by the acclaimed poet Takashi Hiraide, is a subtly moving and exceptionally beautiful novel about the transient nature of life and idiosyncratic but deeply felt ways of living. A couple in their thirties live in a small rented cottage in a quiet part of Tokyo; they work at home, freelance copy-editing; they no longer have very .
Eric Selland, tr. New York. New Directions. ISBN The Guest Cat is, at its heart, a novel of loss, told in sparse, precise prose unencumbered by sweeping rhetorical flourishes or complex figurative language concerned more with its own cleverness than with the flow of the narrative. In this, many may see the poetic side of Hiraide (b. ), for he is better. A bestseller in France and winner of Japan's Kiyama Shohei Literary Award, The Guest Cat, by the acclaimed poet Takashi Hiraide, is a subtly moving and exceptionally beautiful novel about the transient nature of life and idiosyncratic but deeply felt ways of living.A couple in their thirties live in a small rented cottage in a quiet part of Tokyo; they work at home, freelance copy-editing. The Guest Cat PDF book by Takashi Hiraide Read Online or Free Download in ePUB, PDF or MOBI eBooks. Published in the book become immediate popular and critical acclaim in fiction, cultural books. Suggested PDF: The Primal Blueprint Cookbook: Primal, Low Carb, Paleo, Grain-Free, Dairy-Free and Gluten-Free pdf.
A wonderful sui generis novel about a visiting cat who brings joy into a couple’s life in Tokyo. A bestseller in France and winner of Japan’s Kiyama Shohei Literary Award, The Guest Cat, by the. "The Guest Cat," by Takashi Hiraide is a charming story of a man and wife who rent a guest house on an estate. They spend most of their time working as writers/editors, but become very interested in the trees and flowers in the garden where they live. Their lives are routine and dominated by work until the neighbor's cat begins to pay daily visits. A bestseller in France and winner of Japan’s Kiyama Shohei Literary Award, The Guest Cat, by the acclaimed poet Takashi Hiraide, is a subtly moving and exceptionally beautiful novel about the transient nature of life and idiosyncratic but deeply felt ways of living. A couple in their thirties live in a small rented cottage in a quiet part of Tokyo; they work at home, freelance copy-editing; they no longer have very much to say to one another.
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