The Guest Cat

A bestseller in France and winner of Japan's Kiyama Shohei Literary Award, The Guest Cat, by the...
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SKU: 9780811221504
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Author: Takashi Hiraide
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Language: English
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The Guest Cat by Hiraide, Takashi

The Guest Cat

$33.85

The Guest Cat

$33.85
Author: Takashi Hiraide
Format: Paperback
Language: English

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. But one day a cat invites itself into their small kitchen. It leaves, but the next day comes again, and then again and again. Soon they are buying treats for the cat and enjoying talks about the animal and all its little ways. Life suddenly seems to have more promise for the husband and wife -- the days have more light and color. The novel brims with new small joys and many moments of staggering poetic beauty, but then something happens....

As Kenzaburo Oe has remarked, Takashi Hiraide's work "really shines." His poetry, which is remarkably cross-hatched with beauty, has been acclaimed here for "its seemingly endless string of shape-shifting objects and experiences, whose splintering effect is enacted via a unique combination of speed and minutiae."



Author: Takashi Hiraide
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 01/28/2014
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 6.90h x 5.00w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780811221504


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 12/02/2013
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2013
New York Times Book Review 03/09/2014 pg. 30

About the Author
Hiraide, Takashi: - Takashi Hiraide was born in Moji, Kitakyushu in 1950. He has published numerous books of poetry as well as several books of genre-bending essays, including one on poetics and baseball. He currently lives in the west suburbs of Tokyo with a cat and his wife, the poet Michiyo Kawano.Selland, Eric: - Eric Selland lives in Tokyo. He is the author of The Condition of Music, Inventions, and Still Lifes.

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