The Goodbye Cat by Hiro Arikawa

The Goodbye Cat by Hiro ArikawaThe uplifting new Japanese cat novel from the million copy bestselling author of The Travelling Cat Chronicles THE PERFECT READ FOR CAT LOVERS 'Quirky and life enhancing' THE TIMES Biggest Books of the Autumn 2023 Against changing seasons in Japan, seven cats weave their way through their owners' lives. A needy kitten rescued from the recycling bin teaches a new father how to parent his own human baby An elderly cat hatches a plan to pass into the

described by Angela Carter as 'Like Madame Bovary blasted by lightning

through his years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-riddled city

but still offer great-tasting results

humane and moving

Winner of the Guardian First Book Award 2013Shortlisted for the Dublin IMPAC Literary Award 2014Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013Winner of Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards 2012'Funny

A summary of my book:

Ní Ghríofa engages in a strikingly physical way with the world of her subject matter

Everyone has tried to move on

from the epic autobiographical masterpiece The Prelude to much-loved shorter poems such as 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud' and 'She Was a Phantom of Delight'

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs is a timely reminder of what humans can learn from the magnificent creatures who ruled the earth before us

The Bell Jar

is called in