The Cat and The City [electronic resource] : 'Vibrant and accomplished' David Mitchell
Nick Bradley2020
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Tender, delicate, and surprising , The Cat and The City is a lovely, rare
progeny of a meeting between the English and the Japanese imagination.
A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick
'Ingenious ... touching, surprising and sometimes heartbreaking.' Guardian
'If you're itching to read a new novel by David Mitchell ... try this.' The
Times
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In Tokyo - one of the world's largest megacities - a stray cat is wending her
way through the back alleys. And, with each detour, she brushes up against the
seemingly disparate lives of the city-dwellers, connecting them in unexpected
ways.
But the city is changing. As it does, it pushes her to the margins where she
chances upon a series of apparent strangers - from a homeless man squatting in
an abandoned hotel, to a shut-in hermit afraid to leave his house, to a
convenience store worker searching for love. The cat orbits Tokyo's denizens,
drawing them ever closer.
'Masterfully weaves together seemingly disparate thr...
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Author:
Nick Bradley, Author
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Atlantic Books, 2020
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1 online resource (1 text file)
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Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781786499905
Language:
English
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BRN:
436132
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