![]() ![]() ![]() 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. Schools & English Language Center DiscountĪ million-copy bestseller, a poignant and thought-provoking Japanese tale that asks what it really is that makes life worth living. For a deceivingly simple premise, If Cats Disappeared from the World brilliantly explores big existential questions while remaining relatable, reminding us all to cherish what we have, for we, or that which we possess, could flicker out of existence any time. ![]()
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