Takashi Hiraide

The Guest Cat (eBook, ePUB)

Übersetzer: Selland, Eric

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A beautiful and profound novel that illuminates the small joys and complexities of life, even in the quietest of moments.

A couple in their thirties live in a small rented cottage in a tranquil corner of Tokyo. Working from home as freelance writers, they find their once vibrant relationship has grown distant and uncommunicative.

One day, an enchanting cat appears in their small kitchen. The beautiful creature comes and goes, but her visits become a welcome respite from their solitude. The cat's presence brings a new light to their days, inspiring the husband and wife to go on walks together, share stories of the cat's endearing ways, and rediscover the joy of the world around them.

But then something happens that will transform their lives once more. . .

The Guest Cat is an exceptionally moving novel that reflects on the nature of life and the way it feels to live it. Written by acclaimed Japanese poet and novelist Takashi Hiraide, the book won Japan's prestigious Kiyama Shohei Literary Award.

'A rare treasure. . . beautiful and profound. . . whether you're a cat lover or not, don't pass this one up.' - NPR

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pan Macmillan
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781447279419
• Artikelnr.: 41504244

Autorenporträt

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. His work includes a novel called The Guest Cat, a biography of Meiji poet Irako Seihaku, and a travelogue that follows the traces of Kafka, Celan, and Benjamin in Berlin. His poetry book Postcards to Donald Evans is published by the Tibor de Nagy Foundation. Hiraide is a professor of Art Science and Poetics as well as a core member of the new Institute for Art Anthropology at Tama Art University. His poetry book For the Fighting Spirit of the Walnut won the 2009 Best Translated Book Award for poetry.