{"product_id":"i-am-a-cat-1","title":"I Am a Cat by Natsume Sōseki","description":"\u003cp\u003eI, ladies and gentlemen, am a cat. I still don’t have a name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce a stray kitten, the narrator of this story is now a noble and insightful observer of the bizarre and funny foibles of the human beings in his midst. Enter the upper middle-class world of Meiji-era Japan where a world-weary feline has ample opportunity to dissect the strange ways and convoluted conversations of human people. With acerbic wit and sardonic perspective, this is the whimsical adventure of a very special cat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A biting satire of Meiji-era Japan told through the eyes of a sardonic street kitten' Jessie Burton, Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A mordantly comic evocation of Soseki’s deep pessimism about his own humanity and indeed about humankind in general' Lit Hub\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A nonchalant string of anecdotes and wisecracks, told by a fellow who doesn't have a name, and has never caught a mouse, and isn't much good for anything except watching human beings in action' New YorkerTRANSLATED BY NICK BRADLEY\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Catnap Books","offers":[{"title":"Used","offer_id":51773662658826,"sku":"9781784879792","price":8.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0729\/4730\/2666\/files\/9781784879792.jpg?v=1757667577","url":"https:\/\/catnapbooks.nl\/products\/i-am-a-cat-1","provider":"Catnap Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}