On that day, when he was listing things to do before he dies, the devil appears before him with a special offer: in exchange for making one thing in the world disappear, he can have one extra day to live. He was unprepared for the doctor’s diagnosis that he has only months to live. He didn’t have many days to live because of a brain tumor that will cause his inevitable death. He lives alone in a place where his only companion is the cat named ‘Cabbage’. In ‘If Cats Disappeared from the World ‘, the author tells the story of a postman in his thirties. Publisher : Picador Main Market edition (20 Sept.Genki Kawamura’s ‘If Cats Disappeared from the World ‘ is a story of loss and one man’s journey to discover what matters in life.Fans of The Guest Cat and The Travelling Cat Chronicles will also surely love If Cats Disappeared from the World. This beautiful tale is translated from the Japanese by Eric Selland, who also translated The Guest Cat by Takashi Hiraide. Genki Kawamura's If Cats Disappeared from the World is a story of loss and reconciliation, of one man’s journey to discover what really matters in modern life.
īecause how do you decide what makes life worth living? How do you separate out what you can do without from what you hold dear? In dealing with the Devil our narrator will take himself – and his beloved cat – to the brink. But before he can set about tackling his bucket list, the Devil appears with a special offer: in exchange for making one thing in the world disappear, he can have one extra day of life. Estranged from his family, living alone with only his cat Cabbage for company, he was unprepared for the doctor’s diagnosis that he has only months to live.
A beautifully moving tale of loss and reaching out to the ones we love, of one man’s journey to discover what really matters in modern life.
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