Discover the original Japanese Cat classic, now in a vibrant new translation by Nick Bradley, author of The Cat and the City<\/i>.<\/b><\/p>\n
‘I am a Cat. But I still don’t have a name…’ <\/i><\/p>\n
Once a stray kitten, I Am a Cat<\/i>‘s narrator finds himself adopted by a local scholar and thrown headfirst into the absurd upper middle-class world of Meiji-era Japan. Now a noble but somewhat world-weary observer, he has ample opportunity to dissect the strange ways and convoluted conversations of the human race.<\/p>\n
First published at the turn of the 20th<\/sup> century, and regarded as one of Japan’s most iconic classics, I Am a Cat<\/i> is a captivating exploration of identity, society, and the often bewildering nature of the human condition-all seen through the eyes of a very special, uncompromising cat.<\/p>\n ‘A biting satire of Meiji-era Japan’ Jessie Burton, Guardian<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n ‘Soseki is the representative modern Japanese novelist, a figure of truly national stature’ Haruki Murakami <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Once a stray kitten, the narrator finds himself adopted by a local scholar and thrown headfirst into the absurd upper middle-class world of Meiji-era Japan. Now a noble but somewhat world-weary observer, he has ample opportunity to dissect the strange ways and convoluted conversations of the human race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[68],"product_tag":[27080,3153,26949,328],"class_list":["post-109934","product","type-product","status-publish","product_cat-general-fiction","product_tag-animal-life-stories","product_tag-cats-as-pets","product_tag-classic-fiction","product_tag-fiction-in-translation","pa_book_author-natsume-soseki","pa_cover-paperback","pa_dewey-895-6342-edition23","pa_edition-reprint","pa_imprint-vintage-classics","pa_language-english","pa_pages-8757","pa_publisher-vintage-classics","pa_readership-general-trade-code-k","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n