Mornings With My Cat Mii

Mayumi Inaba

ISBN 10: 1787304418 / ISBN 13: 9781787304413

Published by Random House UK Ltd Okt 2024, 2024

About this Item

Neuware -'Gentle, meditative. Cat lovers, prepare to weep' THE TIMES, Book of the MonthIt was the end of summer, 1977. I found a cat, a little ball of fluff. A teeny tiny baby kitten.A beloved Japanese modern classic about our special connection with cats, and how they can change our lives over the course of a lifetime.For the last twenty years, Japanese readers have been falling in love with Mayumi Inaba's story of life with her cat Mii, after she rescued her as a newborn kitten from a riverbank in Tokyo.We follow their everyday joys through the seasons, as Mayumi develops her career as a writer and finds her feet in life, with her small feline always at her side.Mornings With My Cat Mii lovingly chronicles Mayumi and Mii's unshakeable twenty-year bond, meditating on solitude, companionship, the writing life, and how we care for our cats as they grow older.Translated into English for the first time by world-renowned translator Ginny Tapley Takemori, this beloved Japanese modern classic is a celebration of how a cat can change our lives forever.Translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori\*\* Readers ADORE Mornings with My Cat Mii \*\* 'I cried. Books rarely make me cry . but this one was absolutely beautiful regardless. It made me reflect on grief, and love, and how to love is to feel intensely (for better or for worse)''Gentle and enchanting and had me in floods by the end''Loved this! A poetic, beautiful ode to a cat that changed a woman's life . it's sweet, sad, but ultimately a gorgeous little book . a lovely little gem''Sweet and heartbreaking''This book was just so pure and beautiful''As someone who has been deeply affected by the loss of cats in the past . this was raw, emotional and relatable''As a cat mum, this destroyed me''Told with grace, beauty and love' 180 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mornings With My Cat Mii
• Publisher: Random House UK Ltd Okt 2024
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1787304418
• ISBN 13: 9781787304413
• Binding: Buch
• Illustrator: Chatchawarn Ruksa
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 200W x 133H x 25D millimeters 200 millimeters width by 133 millimeters height by 25 millimeters depth
• Weight: 262 grams

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Synopsis

The perfect gift for cat lovers: a beloved Japanese modern classic that chronicles the author's twenty-year bond with her cat, meditating on solitude, independence, companionship, the writing life, and how cats can change our lives.

For the last 20 years, Japanese readers have been falling in love with the late poet and prizewinning author Mayumi Inaba's story of life with her cat Mii, after she rescued her as a newborn kitten from a riverbank in Tokyo.

The book follows their everyday joys through the seasons, as Mayumi develops her career as a writer, and finds her feet in life, with her small feline always at her side.

Translated into English for the first time by world-renowned translator Ginny Tapley Takemori, Mornings With My Cat Mii is set to capture the hearts and imaginations of readers and booksellers everywhere.