{"product_id":"the-guest-cat","title":"The Guest Cat","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNew York\nTimes\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nA couple in their thirties live in a small rented cottage in a quiet part of\nTokyo. They work at home as freelance writers. They no longer have very much to\nsay to one another.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nOne day a cat invites itself into their small kitchen. She is a beautiful\ncreature. She leaves, but the next day comes again, and then again and again.\nNew, small joys accompany the cat; the days have more light and colour.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nLife suddenly seems to have more promise for the husband and wife; they go\nwalking together, talk and share stories of the cat and its little ways, play\nin the nearby garden. But then something happens that will change everything\nagain . . .\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guest Cat\u003c\/i\u003e is an exceptionally moving and beautiful novel\nabout the nature of life and the way it feels to live it. Written by Japanese\npoet and novelist Takashi Hiraide, the book won Japan''s Kiyama Shohei Literary\nAward.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n''A rare treasure . . . beautiful and profound . . . whether you''re a cat\nlover or not, don''t pass this one up – \u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eTakashi Hiraide was born in Moji, Kitakyushu in 1950. He has\npublished numerous books of poetry as well as several books of genre-bending\nessays, including one on poetics and baseball. His other work includes a novel\ncalled \u003ci\u003eThe Guest Cat\u003c\/i\u003e, a biography of Meiji poet Irako Seihaku, and\na travelogue that follows the traces of Kafka, Celan, and Benjamin in Berlin. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHis poetry book \u003ci\u003ePostcards to Donald Evans\u003c\/i\u003e is\npublished by the Tibor de Nagy Foundation. Hiraide is a professor of Art\nScience and Poetics as well as a core member of the new Institute for Art\nAnthropology at Tama Art University. His poetry book \u003ci\u003eFor the Fighting\nSpirit of the Walnut\u003c\/i\u003e won the Best Translated Book Award for poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PANSING DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44676239065295,"sku":"9781447279402","price":21.34,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_37d0c9ec-f0b6-4a14-bbed-33a2e6b92add.jpg?v=1772789824","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/the-guest-cat","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}