{"product_id":"mornings-with-my-cat-mii-mayumi-inaba","title":"Mornings With My Cat Mii (Mayumi Inaba)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA beloved Japanese modern classic about our special connection with cats and how they can change our lives over the course of a lifetime\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Cat lovers, prepare to weep' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A cat classic' \u003cb\u003eCatherine Lacey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Profoundly real... and beautifully written'\u003cb\u003e Elif Batuman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Aglow with incidental joys' \u003cb\u003eRivka Galchen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Winner of the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation Translation Prize 2026*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn a cool summer evening in 1977, Mayumi Inaba hears a forlorn cry. She follows the sound to the banks of Tokyo's Tamagawa River and finds a newborn kitten dangling from a fence, abandoned. Overcome by tender affection, she takes the cat back to the small apartment she shares with her husband and christens her Mii: so begins an unshakeable bond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver the next twenty years, we follow Inaba, a poet and novelist by moonlight, as she pursues quiet solitude and a room of her own. Through it all, Mii, a fiercely independent creature in her own right, is her confidante and muse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis beloved Japanese modern classic is not just a love letter to companionship: it's a poignant, searching meditation on the forces that enable us to connect, to create and to build a life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Reveals the profound respect, and compassion, that a friendship with an animal can inspire' \u003cb\u003eSigrid Nunez, \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated by Ginny Tapley Takemori\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Readers ADORE Mii**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A lovely little gem'\u003cbr\u003e'Gentle and enchanting and had me in floods by the end'\u003cbr\u003e'Absolutely beautiful'\u003cbr\u003e'Sweet and heartbreaking'\u003cbr\u003e'Told with grace, beauty and love'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMayumi Inaba \u003c\/b\u003e(1950-2014) was a Japanese writer, editor and poet. She made her debut in 1973 with the short story 'The Pain of Blue Shadows', and she went on to write many novels and collections for which she won several awards, including the Kawabata Yasunari Prize. She was awarded the Tanizaki Prize for \u003ci\u003eTo the Peninsula\u003c\/i\u003e. Inaba was well known for her love of cats.\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGinny Tapley Takemori\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning translator based in rural Japan. She has translated works by writers including Sayaka\u003cbr\u003eMurata, Kyoko Nakajima, and Mayumi Inaba.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 192 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65820136898909,"sku":"K098596923","price":11.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9859692300001A.jpg?v=1788619327","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/mornings-with-my-cat-mii-mayumi-inaba","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}