The guest cat

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...

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Main Author: Hiraide, Takashi, 1950-
Other Authors: Selland, Eric
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: NY: New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2014.
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Summary: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.
Item Description:"A New Directions Book"--Title page verso.
Physical Description:140 p.
ISBN:9780811221504
0811221504
Author Notes:Takashi Hiraide was born in Moji, Japan in 1950. He has published several volumes of poetry. His first novel, The Guest Cat, won Japan's Kiyama Shohei Literary Award.

(Bowker Author Biography)