Genki Kawamura’s timeless tale is a moving story of loss and reconciliation, of one man’s journey to discover what really matters most in life. With each object that disappears, the postman reflects on the life he’s lived, his joys and regrets, and the people he’s loved and lost. But before he can tackle his bucket list, the Devil appears to make him an offer: In exchange for making one thing in the world disappear, our narrator will get one extra day of life. Estranged from his family, living alone with only his cat, Cabbage, to keep him company, he was unprepared for the doctor’s diagnosis that he has only months to live. The international phenomenon that has sold more than a million copies in Japan, If Cats Disappeared from the World is a funny, heartwarming, and profound meditation on the meaning of life. This beautiful tale is translated from the Japanese by Eric Selland, who also translated The Guest Cat by Takashi Hiraide. "Brian Nishii narrates this imaginative tale set in Japan about the complexities of death, life, and cats.A brief, charming parable." -AudioFile Magazine The cats of the novel have their own mythology: they believe that everything was created by a feline god called Meerclar Allmother. Genki Kawamuras If Cats Disappeared from the World is a story of loss and reconciliation, of one mans journey to discover what really matters in modern life.
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